cease

Example Sentences

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If successfully impeached, Jeri would cease to exercise his functions and be replaced by a new interim president.

From Barron's

Just over a year later, the Soviet Union ceased to exist.

From The Wall Street Journal

If you position that as your true purpose, a man’s failure to live up to your expectations will cease to debilitate you.

From Los Angeles Times

Many of the clips are based on real actors, TV shows and films, and major US studios have now demanded that it must "immediately cease" infringing copyright.

From BBC

But it also holds the archives from the 1960s and 70s of Belgian companies that ceased operations in the former colony, including geological maps.

From Barron's