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The stopping or ending of an activity.

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cessation

The cessation of construction restored quiet to the neighborhood.
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Preparing a small animation required stamina because the students had to sustain attention across many careful revisions. A ceaseless stream of automated status messages made concentration harder while the export system kept reporting every minor step. Their temporary cessation of exports gave the team a quiet period to review the storyboard together.
From Pacing a Demanding Creative Project.
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