Cryptic crossword clue
Stopping retailing apparently after American prison 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CANCELLING

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What does CANCELLING mean?

CANCELLING verb
  1. To cross out something with lines etc.
  2. To invalidate or annul something.
  3. To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
  4. To offset or equalize something.
  5. To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
  6. To stop production of a programme.
  7. To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
  8. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
  9. To kill.
  10. To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.

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