full stop

Example Sentences

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Last year’s full stop on hiring is loosening up a bit.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

It will be a full stop for a generation of Australian cricketers who have never won an away Ashes and almost certainly for Stokes, who will turn 36 as the series begins.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

Waymo says its cars are designed to come to a full stop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

In case this wasn’t abundantly clear, Karol G is one of the most commercially, creatively significant artists on the planet, of any genre, full stop.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

But not until the aircraft had come to a full stop and the engine shut down did the passenger startle Maddie by leaning over and giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein