case ending
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of case ending
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Greenpeace, which vowed to appeal, said last month it could be forced into bankruptcy because of the case, ending over 50 years of activism.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025
He described the history of the case, ending with the ruling from the three-judge panel of the appeals court.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2021
“They urged Sullivan to dismiss the case, ending Flynn’s legal jeopardy. They also asked him to dismiss Flynn’s charge ‘without irrelevant or personal comment’.”
From The Guardian • May 19, 2020
Texas, Lambda Legal’s landmark case ending the criminalization of sodomy.
From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2017
Two weeks subsequently she was affected with severe nephritis, anasarca, effusion into at least one of the pleural cavities, oedema of the lungs, and probably hydro-pericardium, the case ending fatally.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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