as in cessations
the stopping of a process or activity
yet another stoppage in play for some unexplained reason
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But with President Joe Biden, who has the power to order strikers back to work using an 80-day cooling off period under the Taft-Hartley Act, unlikely to act soon, Wolfe said many of its business contacts are preparing for the stoppages to continue for the next two- to three weeks.
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
Sarah Min, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Stoppages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoppages. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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