INTERMITTING Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

intermitting

verb

present participle of intermit

as in interrupting

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And the tariffs are a terrible idea in any event, amounting to a consumer tax and interrupting crucial trade.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
In other words, the systems naturally ensure that only egregious and important errors get reviewed — because those are the only ones worthy of interrupting games.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of interrupting

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Other finds suggested that rather than dispersing, at least some of the town’s citizenry moved to Lauriacum along with the military.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Last year, Vought mandated that the NIH fund grants in their entirety up front, rather than dispersing funds on a yearly basis.

— STAT, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026

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Connecticut State Colleges and Universities is discontinuing the investigation into a complaint of bullying and workplace intimidation against Central Connecticut State University President Zulma Toro following her resignation.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
The brand has committed to discontinuing large-format liquid laundry bottles by 2030.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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Walker turned the corner around a defender near the sideline, breaking off a 76-yard run to get Kansas City near the Las Vegas goal line.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026
Experts believe Wednesday's mudslides and flash flooding across Nepal and China's Tibet region were caused by a large chunk of ice breaking off a glacier and falling into the Lhende Khola River.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of breaking off

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This gave Katalyst a few more months of schedule margin at the expense of suspending Swift’s scientific observations.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
The series issued several major penalties and suspensions to both Chad Bryant and Steve Civatarese, suspending both indefinitely from NASCAR events — as well as the 2027 event at Martinsville.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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After Cobain’s death, Novoselic formed the band Sweet 75 in 1994, which released one album before disbanding in 2000, followed by Eyes Adrift, which also released one album before disbanding in early 2003.

— Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys — before disbanding for a half-decade in the mid-2010s.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026

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