- past tense form of discontinue.
- past participle of discontinue.
discontinued
Example Sentences
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It discontinued VR headsets geared toward companies earlier this year as its priorities shifted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
But in a separate less rigorous study also examining berobenatide in obesity, less than 10% of people discontinued treatment.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
The Cambridge, Mass.-based biopharmaceutical company said it has discontinued its pociredir program for the treatment of sickle cell disease and launched “a comprehensive review of strategic alternatives to maximize stockholder value.”
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Roughly half of all patients discontinued their GLP-1 medication within one year, defined as going at least 60 days without treatment.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
She added that the glass of milk and the crackers that schoolchildren used to receive each day had been discontinued, and that mothers were quieting their children’s hunger with cups of tea.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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