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Recent Examples of surcease Terrible transgressions lead to worse ones, with no prospect of surcease, let alone moral regeneration. WSJ, 14 Feb. 2019 Anyone seeking temporary surcease from the rigors of the present moment will find it in abundance here. Terry Teachout, WSJ, 20 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surcease
Noun
  • Thousands of Palestinians have also been returning to northern Gaza since the start of truce that negotiators hope will lead to a long-term cessation in hostilities.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
  • But now in 2025, as Trump takes office, a cessation of fighting in Ukraine seems imminent.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Here are some of the most notable categories: Foreign policy Trump's foreign policy approach in his early days in office centered around tariff threats, shirking international agreements and bringing much foreign aid to a halt.
    Avery Lotz, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
  • On Thursday, the Trump administration also ordered an immediate halt of the $5 billion program aimed at building more EV charging stations on highways.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The film lurches toward what could’ve been a great ending, the crisis of mother and daughter finally snapping into sharp and life-threatening focus, but instead leaves us hanging in the middle of the last sentence.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Or does so only briefly in the ambiguous ending, when Sofia throws off the last vestiges of her passivity and forces her recalcitrant mother into a reckoning with her condition.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Tilda Swinton is planning to take a break from acting after her trip to the Berlin Film Festival comes to an end.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
  • According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, musty crypts and the decayed remains of mummies smell-like a high end spa.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Surcease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surcease. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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