effectively cease

Frequency: 7.010.8 per million words

to stop in a way that produces the intended result

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Examples (10)

  • My job had effectively ceased to exist.
  • After the merger, the smaller company effectively ceased to operate as an independent entity.
  • With the rise of streaming, the market for physical DVDs has effectively ceased.
  • Once he moved abroad, our regular communication effectively ceased.
  • The old law will effectively cease to be relevant once the new one is enacted.
  • Without a power source, the machine effectively ceases to function.
  • When the funding was cut, the research project effectively ceased.
  • Following the scandal, his influence over the board effectively ceased.
  • By the 1980s, the species had effectively ceased to exist in the wild.
  • Due to a lack of apprentices, the ancient tradition has effectively ceased.