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as in limitation
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
I've reached the termination of my patience with you kids
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2
as in demise
the act of ceasing to exist
feels that the voluntary termination of one's life should be left entirely up to the patient
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as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity
at the termination of the movie, please throw away any empty food containers in the appropriate bins
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Recent Examples of termination
Earlier this week, a federal judge allowed Mr. Trump's efforts to slash the federal workforce to continue, declining a request to halt the terminations of government employees en masse as part of a separate lawsuit from a group of labor unions.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
Following the flurry of federal firings over the weekend as a part of President Donald Trump's mission to decrease the federal government with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, hundreds of government workers were informed that their terminations had been rescinded.
—Jay O'Brien, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Two more filings show up, on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, indicating first the partial and then full termination of the contract.
—Andre Tartar Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
But with sweeping federal workforce terminations under the new Trump administration, many veterans who have served their country for years now face pink slips and uncertainty over their benefits and future career paths.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
Following the flurry of federal firings over the weekend as a part of President Donald Trump's mission to decrease the federal government with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, hundreds of government workers were informed that their terminations had been rescinded.
—Jay O'Brien, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Two more filings show up, on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, indicating first the partial and then full termination of the contract.
—Andre Tartar Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
But with sweeping federal workforce terminations under the new Trump administration, many veterans who have served their country for years now face pink slips and uncertainty over their benefits and future career paths.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for termination
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The first limitation is probably not a big deal for most households, since 6GHz transmissions are really only useful when the router is in the same room as the client device connecting to it.—
Tom Brant,
PCMAG,
19 Feb. 2025
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Trump has further escalated the limitations being placed on asylum claims, shutting down the CBP One app that allowed migrants to make appointments at crossings to ask for the status.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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Horror films primed on increasingly gory demises have always trafficked in archetypes.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
22 Feb. 2025
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The giddily ludicrous demises, doled out at random, are meant to balance out the darker themes in the film.—
Alissa Wilkinson,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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So, Margaret, the – the May 27 protocol agreement signed last May 27 sets forth that the phase two negotiation is much about two things, A, a permanent cease-fire, a cessation of all violence, and, in addition to that, the fact that Hamas cannot be allowed to come back into the government.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2025
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This reduction is attributed to the cessation of clinical studies and workforce reduction.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
12 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, many stores have implemented purchasing limits, restricting the number of cartons that customers can buy at one time.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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While the city remains a top cruise destination, authorities have implemented measures to better manage the influx of visitors, including limits on cruise ship arrivals.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Marsh said the faculty was promised a conversation about the dissolution of the school.—
Ikram Mohamed,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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And then, with the dissolution of Stewart-Haas Racing this past offseason, THR acquired one of SHR’s former four Cup charters and signed SVG to the open car.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Feb. 2025
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The ending, like most broken marriages, has gotten ugly.—
Paul Sullivan,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2025
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Portia & Jack 3 of 6 What happens to Portia and Jack in The White Lotus season 2 ending?—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
25 Feb. 2025
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By the end of the Neoproterozoic, as Earth’s icy cover began to thaw, major chemistry shifts were taking place in Earth’s atmosphere and oceans.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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While things don't work out very well for Ross, by the end Captain America seems eager to form his own new team of Avengers.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The murders in 2024 included eight killings involving white supremacists and five deaths at the hands of far-right anti-government extremists.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Heart failure is a condition that occurs when the heart can’t pump out enough blood and oxygen to meet the body’s needs — and related deaths have been climbing steadily for over two decades.—
Jancee Dunn,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Termination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/termination. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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