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Definition
to stop or discontinue
- Life here never ceases to amaze me.Chapter Twelve (68% in)
- At Columbia—he was the only one of his brothers to attend college and became the first in his family ever to graduate, a fact his mother never ceased to point out to strangers—he'd double-majored in physics and chemistry, with the intention of becoming a professor.Chapter Two (25% in)
- But the memories of spending parts of her youth here never ceased to calm her, and after storing her bags and the groceries she'd picked up for the weekend, she'd opened the windows to air out the place.Chapter Thirteen (5% in)
There are no more uses of "cease" in True Believer by Sparks.
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