as in suddenly
with great suddenness
the car in front stopped abruptly, and we almost hit it
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Longtime Sacramento taco chain Chando’s Tacos shut down abruptly on Tuesday.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2025
Last spring the company’s 16 remaining stores abruptly closed after Outdoor Voices reportedly stopped paying a number of its vendors and neglected to pay rent on some of the stores for months, according to published reports.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 28 July 2025
Hooters filed for bankruptcy in June, abruptly closing dozens of locations.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 25 July 2025
Two days later, Trump abruptly ended negotiations with Canada, to protest a digital-services tax that the country wanted to apply to several U.S. tech companies.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2025
Last spring the company’s 16 remaining stores abruptly closed after Outdoor Voices reportedly stopped paying a number of its vendors and neglected to pay rent on some of the stores for months, according to published reports.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 28 July 2025
Hooters filed for bankruptcy in June, abruptly closing dozens of locations.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 25 July 2025
Two days later, Trump abruptly ended negotiations with Canada, to protest a digital-services tax that the country wanted to apply to several U.S. tech companies.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for abruptly
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“Abruptly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abruptly. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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