cease and desist
idiom
formal
: to stop (doing something) immediately
The company was ordered by the court to cease and desist from selling the photographs.
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The most egregious of these included a vigil held in front of Geisel Library on Oct. 7, 2024, hosted in collaboration with Jewish Voices for Peace at UC San Diego, whose organization was under a similar cease and desist order.
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Ellia M Torkian, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
At that time, Chow’s campaign received a cease and desist letter from an attorney demanding that the campaign no longer use the Illinois Education Association’s name and logo.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
In a related proceeding, Panasonic agreed to pay around $143 million in disgorgement to the SEC after the agency filed a cease and desist order.
—Dan Mangan,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit claimed that Moore’s attorney sent a formal cease and desist letter, with a DMCA violation notice to Bailey in January.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
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Ellia M Torkian, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
At that time, Chow’s campaign received a cease and desist letter from an attorney demanding that the campaign no longer use the Illinois Education Association’s name and logo.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
In a related proceeding, Panasonic agreed to pay around $143 million in disgorgement to the SEC after the agency filed a cease and desist order.
—Dan Mangan,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit claimed that Moore’s attorney sent a formal cease and desist letter, with a DMCA violation notice to Bailey in January.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Cease and desist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cease%20and%20desist. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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