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terminus

[tur-muh-nuhs] / ˈtɜr mə nəs /


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Fujairah is the terminus of an oil pipeline that allows the UAE to export without going through Hormuz and has big oil storage facilities.

From BBC May 5, 2026

Clay’s loss in the presidential election of 1844 effectively placed a stop sign at the National Road’s terminus in Springfield, Ohio.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

The project would add nine stations, plus a terminus station at the Hollywood Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

For the surface versions, the peptide was attached at either the N terminus or the C terminus, a subtle difference that can influence how immune cells recognize and process it.

From Science Daily Feb. 18, 2026

The broad, rubble-strewn terminus of the glacier was visible a mile away.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

Above the termini of these steamer routes all travelling is done in keelless bateaux, propelled by paddlers and steered when coming through the rapids at both bow and stern by certificated bowmen and steersmen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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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