How to Use discontinuity in a Sentence

discontinuity

noun
  • There is a sense of discontinuity between the book's chapters.
  • Dystopic discontinuity, though, turns out not to be her theme at all.
    — Ruth Franklin, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Will the next 24 months create a discontinuity compared to the past year?
    — Bernard Fraenkel, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • That has led to a false discontinuity in the broader view of black freedom struggles.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2018
  • There is a discontinuity with the governance and (CONI) gave them a full mandate.
    — Afp, chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • In the media world, as in so many other realms, there is a sharp discontinuity in the timeline: before the 2016 election, and after.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Given the scandal wiped more than 40% off the bank’s shares this year and triggered the exit of the previous CEO, discontinuity wouldn’t have hurt.
    — Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Again, with resilience, there is no room for discontinuity in the new lifestyle module.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • In 2016, a sharp discontinuity appeared in Chandra’s X-ray maps of the Ophiuchus cluster.
    — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • This discontinuity, called the Moho, is now recognized as the line between Earth’s crust and its mantle.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
  • This discontinuity, called the Moho, is now recognized as the line between Earth's crust and its mantle.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
  • This trait formed what Ella and I came to call a telescoping process, with parts stretching back across time, marking the discontinuity between past and present, and then collapsing it.
    — Rebecca J. Lester, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
  • This trait formed what Ella and I came to call a telescoping process, with parts stretching back across time, marking the discontinuity between past and present, and then collapsing it.
    — Rebecca J. Lester, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
  • The author elects to tell the story in first person present tense, a choice that adds a choppy, staccato feel to things and also underlines some of the narrative discontinuities that creep into the text along the way.
    — Eli Gottlieb, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
  • The author elects to tell the story in first person present tense, a choice that adds a choppy, staccato feel to things and also underlines some of the narrative discontinuities that creep into the text along the way.
    — Eli Gottlieb, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
  • The author elects to tell the story in first person present tense, a choice that adds a choppy, staccato feel to things and also underlines some of the narrative discontinuities that creep into the text along the way.
    — Special To The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 26 May 2017
  • The author elects to tell the story in first person present tense, a choice that adds a choppy, staccato feel to things and also underlines some of the narrative discontinuities that creep into the text along the way.
    — Special To The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 26 May 2017
  • The author elects to tell the story in first person present tense, a choice that adds a choppy, staccato feel to things and also underlines some of the narrative discontinuities that creep into the text along the way.
    — Eli Gottlieb, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
  • The author elects to tell the story in first person present tense, a choice that adds a choppy, staccato feel to things and also underlines some of the narrative discontinuities that creep into the text along the way.
    — Eli Gottlieb, Orange County Register, 24 May 2017
  • The author elects to tell the story in first person present tense, a choice that adds a choppy, staccato feel to things and also underlines some of the narrative discontinuities that creep into the text along the way.
    — Eli Gottlieb, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
  • The author elects to tell the story in first person present tense, a choice that adds a choppy, staccato feel to things and also underlines some of the narrative discontinuities that creep into the text along the way.
    — Special To The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 26 May 2017
  • The author elects to tell the story in first person present tense, a choice that adds a choppy, staccato feel to things and also underlines some of the narrative discontinuities that creep into the text along the way.
    — Eli Gottlieb, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
  • The author elects to tell the story in first person present tense, a choice that adds a choppy, staccato feel to things and also underlines some of the narrative discontinuities that creep into the text along the way.
    — Special To The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 26 May 2017
  • At this degree of sensitivity, fingertips can find discontinuities the mind may not be able to brook.
    — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
  • At the boundary between the inner and outer core, a.k.a. the Bullen discontinuity, bits of liquid iron and nickel from the outer core interact with material in the inner core and begin to rise.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Both Strickland and his band need to tour separately throughout the year to maximize revenue, and that discontinuity isn’t ideal.
    — Khari Nixon, SPIN, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Even more so than statistical models and projections, fossils and discontinuities in ancient rock layers tell us a gripping tale of what lies ahead of us.
    — Manu Saadia, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Jiménez’s set was unique in its discontinuity and its courage to abandon preceding ideas and push into new sonic territory.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Is there any discontinuity between being deeply religious in a place like Harvard?
    — Oliver Staley, Quartz, 25 Jan. 2020
  • There is a yawning discontinuity between zero size and any finite object.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 May 2020

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