By 1920, for several reasons, the action here had virtually ceased.

Private production, which had virtually ceased, grew to become one third of the nation's total.

I believe that in certain countries they have virtually ceased to exist.

By the end of the decade, it had virtually ceased to exist.

Throughout 1935 joint activities between the two Parties virtually ceased.

With her death, Presbyterian activity in the area virtually ceased for two decades.

But for the most part, calls to reservations centers virtually ceased in the days following the attacks, and are just beginning to pick up again.

Ignorance, disease, poverty and fear had virtually ceased to exist.

The following day, Luftwaffe activity over that section of the front had virtually ceased.

The northern section was never officially closed, but traffic had virtually ceased by 1939.