stopping
Americannoun
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stoppings
plural
noun
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informal a dental filling
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a solid barrier in a mine tunnel to seal off harmful gases, fire, fresh air from used air, etc
adjective
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of stopping
1700–05; special use of stopping, verbal noun of stop; see -ing 1
Example Sentences
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But she’s so loaded, she doesn’t abide by existing train schedules and surprises them all by stopping a train that is supposed to bypass the town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The mistake is picking a winner prematurely and stopping your learning.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
That could make it possible to move prevention and screening earlier and tailor interventions to an individual's biology, shifting cancer care toward stopping disease before it begins.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Aryna Sabalenka was fully aware she would have to win the US Open to stand any chance of stopping Elena Rybakina overtaking her as world number one.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The neighbor turns back into her house and I’m nearly to the gate before stopping in my tracks.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
There were so many things going on with the police stoppings and stuff at the time, and it just really hit me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
Smith also likes to push his clarinet above top C or to engage in a series of strangely manipulated double and triple stoppings.
From Time Magazine Archive
The express was held up for an hour, and when it was permitted to proceed, instead of thundering on, it went cautiously, subject to continual stoppings.
From A Christmas Mystery The Story of Three Wise Men by Blendon Campbell
The time was flying rapidly in leaps and bounds, and it seemed as though the bells, whistles, and stoppings would never end.
From The Party by Constance Garnett
For nearly twenty hours—since nine o'clock last night—my thoughts have been such a series of jerks, stoppings, leapings forward and dead stops again as only once before in my life I have known.
From The Debit Account by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
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