How to Use cessation in a Sentence

cessation

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  • Relapses after cessation of treatment are common.
  • Ohio is one of nine states in which the youth cessation program is being introduced.
    — Rachel Berry, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2019
  • Wilson did all this over the heads of the British and French, but the cessation of hostilities achieved their aims as well.
    — Arthur Herman, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2018
  • No e-cigarettes have been FDA-approved as smoking cessation aids.
    — Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2024
  • At the same time, the company has rolled out ads at gas stations, in newspapers and on the radio touting Juul as a smoking cessation tool.
    — Jennifer Maloney, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018
  • During these sessions, coaches and teens come up with smoking or vaping cessation plans, strategies to handle peer pressure and overall goals.
    — Minali Nigam, CNN, 3 July 2019
  • Even services that seem benevolent, like smoking-cessation and mental health apps, have been quietly sharing sensitive info about their users.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 20 June 2019
  • That complete cessation of supply now appears to have been a precautionary overreaction.
    — The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • His death, like those of the other men who were killed on the war’s last couple of days, has often been described as futile, because the combatant countries had by then agreed on a precise timetable for the cessation of fighting.
    — Brendan Simms, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2018
  • Though even that was not an act so much as the cessation of an act.
    — Michael Deagler, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The ceasefire in Gaza is just that: a cessation of fire.
    — Ben Wedeman, CNN, 22 May 2021
  • And if there is a cessation to this, then, of course the atmosphere will change.
    — Fox News, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The result of this was a return to normal at school, and a cessation of the enuresis at night.
    — Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Give a big thanks to cessation of rain, and even some appearances of sun.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Uber’s likely to make up for any losses from the cessation of Uber Pool with an uptick in business from Uber Eats.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The actual cessation of your periods is the least of it.
    — Tara Ellison, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The cessation of talks on Wednesday, though, came with the sides unable to find a way past familiar sticking points.
    — Ben Goessling, Star Tribune, 19 Aug. 2020
  • In Paris, negotiators are trying to reach a deal for the release of hostages and a cessation of fighting in Gaza.
    — Andrew jeong, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • One of the most radical changes in the labyrinth of the Middle East is the near cessation of the old formal hostility of the Arab nations to Israel.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Talk to your doctor or seek out a smoking cessation program for help.
    — Brittany Risher, Woman's Day, 1 July 2020
  • And to make a smoking cessation claim, Juul would likewise have to get approval.
    — Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 21 Sep. 2019
  • The cessation of cigarette sales can have a big impact on public health.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2022
  • White believed that only brain death—the cessation of the brain’s electrical signals—meant true death.
    — Howard Schneider, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2021
  • However, the stay-at-home years have been tough on older adults who were not prepared for an abrupt cessation of income.
    — Sara Zeff Geber, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Instead of an uptick in use by smokers, the study found use of e-cigarettes as a cessation aid dropped by 25% over the two-year period, Pierce said.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Our cessation strategies have been geared toward adults, not kids.
    — Dana Ferguson, Twin Cities, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The e-cig is marketed as a cessation tool for cigarette users.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • There was little sense of sadness in the crowd, or at least less so than when Dead & Company called a cessation to touring at the end of a final outing in 2023.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The closing of Apple's stores on March 14 served as a sign of the impending retail cessation due to the coronavirus outbreak.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The cessations in breathing can be worrisome, and the snoring disruptive.
    — Lisa Strauss, Washington Post, 5 July 2024

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