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terminus

[tur-muh-nuhs] / ˈtɜr mə nəs /


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In a social media post, Southeastern said the affected trains were based at the West Marina Depot in Hastings, the terminus point for trains from London.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The computer science student has lived near Studebaker Road at the 105 terminus for more than a decade and seen crashes all the time at the T-intersection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

It is now an attraction for visitors to the nearby DMZ separating the two countries, and the line's former terminus -- Wonsan -- lies in North Korea.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

They would remain there, amid the dunes and dappled sunlight of Cape Cod’s hooked terminus, until Cook’s death in 2004.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

By retiring when he did, he avoided that fate, which would have established a precedent that smacked of monarchical longevity by permitting biology to set the terminus of his tenure.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The results indicated random coils with termini lost excitation energy due to defects generated by fluctuations in solution, unlike toroids that were not easily deformed and exhibited fluorescence without energy loss.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024

Services will be diverted to other London termini, with passengers being urged to checked before they travel.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023

Built as the terminus for the Great Western Railway in 1854, it’s second only to St. Pancras among London termini in terms of heart-lifting delight.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022

"Stations in a Loop or Hyperloop system are small in size and widely distributed in a network — very different from large-station termini considered for train systems," the company spokesman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2018

All these phases of rock wear may be seen about the termini of receding glaciers, on territory which they have but recently abandoned.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood

A chain-link fence spanned the terminuses of the complex’s four dead-end streets, behind which lay a dense patch of woods.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2021

It’s also near the terminuses of both the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the San Andreas Fault.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2016

In what should be one of the world's great rail terminuses, the locomotives themselves are hidden further underground.

From BBC ● May 27, 2015

Neither was Julesburg, or Sidney, or Cheyenne, when they was terminuses.

From Desert Dust by J. Clinton Shepherd

I ha' started from terminuses, and I ha' stopped in 'em, so I knows what I'm telling about.

From A Drake by George! by John Trevena




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