ceased

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The TGJones restructure comes after another brand owned by Modella Capital ceased to operate in the UK and Ireland.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

In past airline failures, flights ceased with little or no warning, stranding thousands of passengers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

"Production of ozone-depleting substances has pretty much ceased around the world except for this one use, which is when you have a chemical you convert into something else."

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

However, former national security officials, including one who had worked at the center, told ProPublica that its functions had largely ceased.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Whitney was an obscure analyst of financial firms for an obscure financial firm, Oppenheimer and Co., who, on October 31, 2007, ceased to be obscure.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis