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as in suspended
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as in sudden
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as in intruded
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion
it's rude to interrupt when someone is making an important point
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Recent Examples of interrupted
Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
This spicy interaction even leads to another holiday romance trope, the interrupted kiss.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
The online world is a largely visual medium with a complex array of workflows, and dementia commonly causes visual processing to be interrupted or delayed.
—Talia Barrington, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
And despite the prison detour, my interrupted reporting trip had been constructive.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
This spicy interaction even leads to another holiday romance trope, the interrupted kiss.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
Medical education, interrupted Ali is one of 3 million people who have fled Sudan.
—Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
The online world is a largely visual medium with a complex array of workflows, and dementia commonly causes visual processing to be interrupted or delayed.
—Talia Barrington, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupted
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But, an approach solely focused on sudden movements could lead to so many false triggers, users would likely find the option more annoying than beneficial—and that’s where machine learning, a segment of AI focused on pattern recognition, comes into play.—
Reece Rogers,
WIRED,
25 Jan. 2025
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The coastal city of Rancho Palos Verdes suffered sudden movement from a decades-old complex of slow-moving landslides last fall, twisting roads and putting multimillion-dollar homes on the brink of destruction.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Smith recalls feeling disconnected throughout her pregnancy in the viral TikTok.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Team members resort to using spreadsheets again, creating a disconnected data experience that slows a team down and can stymie the success of a fund.—
Ray Zhou,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The article added that additional interest rate reductions should further reduce inflationary effects.—
Alex Krutz,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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That's shy of the monthly average for payroll gains of 180,000 in 2024 and 227,000 jobs added in November, pending any revisions.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Another revealed that million-dollar fire trucks sat idle because budget cuts had shrunk the number of mechanics available to fix them.—
Anna-Maja Rappard,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
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As a result, much of Europe’s savings either sits idle in domestic banks or chases higher returns in the deeper, more liquid capital markets in the United States.—
Erik Jones,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Veteran Kings defenseman Drew Doughty played about 24 minutes in his season debut after missing the first 47 games with a broken ankle suffered during the preseason.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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Further tour cancellations followed a back injury in 2013 and a broken hip and subsequent infection in 2014.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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That represented a nearly 20% cut in proceeds and a roughly 40% reduction in market capitalization.—
Bob Pisani,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2025
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It was pushed back when Goodman suffered a cut in sparring.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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James' Lakers defeated the Knicks shortly before the trade broke, but James has not spoken to reporters about the move yet (Davis was inactive), but James did see the report on X, and broke his silence matter of factly.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Tracking by the state health department shows that another 79 people have been diagnosed with latent tuberculosis, which means the bacteria that causes the disease is inactive and the illness cannot spread.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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The final chapters in the Amistad edition are fragmentary, and the book ends abruptly, ten years before Herod’s death.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Although the trappings and structures of information-sharing have existed for years, the actual sharing of information that would help secure the external border of Europe has been fragmentary.—
Martin A. Schain,
Foreign Affairs,
12 May 2016
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“Interrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupted. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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