Normally dots should be used only where the pattern to be followed is clear, the exception being to show the indefinite continuation of an irrational number such as:

Mr. Kocarnic acknowledged that all of these estimates assume the indefinite continuation of the common currency.

The Fast-5 Lifestyle is an indefinite continuation of the diet for weight maintenance after the weight loss goal has been reached.

There are a number of cosmological theories as to the universe's ultimate fate that exclude the indefinite continuation of life.

After a ship has won twice, it may retire from the field if it chooses, since limitations of fuel and ammunition prevent indefinite continuation.

"But we cannot tolerate an indefinite continuation of the present."

Some authorities recommend the indefinite continuation of antibiotic prophylaxis.

Thus, indefinite continuation of fluconazole therapy is recommended in patients who have coccidioidal meningitis (AII).

But failure to reach agreement at the last Council would have meant an indefinite continuation of the existing unacceptable conditions and a significant delay in their improvement.

The result for the combatant nations was trench warfare, but, for Luxembourg, it was the indefinite continuation of German occupation.