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Example sentences for: ceased
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Eventually, the store ceased to carry "lines" of goods at all, instead selling mostly private-label versions of a few staples (corn flakes, olive oil) and more exotic goods such as British-style crumpets and carbonated water blended with elderflowers.
npa1-1 and npa2-1 cells ceased growing after 3-4 hours at the non-permissive temperature.
Just one week later, elements of Marshal Konev's 1st Ukranian Army liberated the camp and to our great joy, the world of the prison newspaper ceased to exist for us.
Guineas ceased to be minted in Britain in 1813, but continued until decimal introduction, as a term used in pricing goods and services.
Ivor Brown, in one of his delightful books on words, Random Words (1971), writes that Cuthbert had been an honored English name, but that somehow during the 1914—18 war it “ceased to be a name and became an insult” and was used of slackers who evaded military service.