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Recent Examples of suddenness
There is a lot of violence, some unexpected, whether in its suddenness or its targets.
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suddenness
abruptness
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Soliman is known as an elegant dresser, but his apartment was in bachelor-pad disarray, a reflection of his long hours at the hospital and the abruptness of his detention, said his friends, also clerics.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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So Gonzales and the partners depending on Strength CTIP, which was designed as a five-year project, were shocked by the abruptness with which the USAID funding was cut off earlier this year.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Suddenness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suddenness. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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