intermit

verb

Definition of intermitnext
as in to interrupt

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermit
  1. interrupt
  2. discontinue
  3. suspend
  4. disperse
  5. adjourn
  6. postpone
  7. disband
  8. defer
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  • Dancing With the Stars also had its season interrupted on Oct. 1 due to the vice presidential debate.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Six early voting locations in Southern California could see outages Monday, Eisenhauer said, but none should have their operations interrupted.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of interrupt
Verb
  • Throughout the labor action, workers held firm to their demand for a 40% wage increase and the restoration of their pensions, a benefit that ceased to be available to new workers after being discontinued during a 2014 extension of a 2008 collective bargaining agreement.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
  • While Honda discontinued its two hydrogen passenger cars available in California in 2021, Toyota and Hyundai continue to produce new hydrogen passenger cars for sale in the state.
    Harri Weber, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of discontinue
Verb
  • The former Tottenham, Everton, Leicester and Barcelona striker, with 80 caps for England, was briefly suspended by the BBC in 2023 after tweeting criticism of the Conservative government policy.
    Harriet Marsden, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
  • For tackling and punching the student multiple times, Morrow was suspended from the team for six months and served 46 days in a work-release program last summer after being convicted of misdemeanor assault.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of suspend
Verb
  • North Korean soldiers were dispersed in Vladivostok, as well as other far eastern cities of Ussuriysk, Khabarovsk and Blagoveshchensk for training last month, according to the NIS.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Each dot represents five voters for a particular candidate, and they are randomly dispersed throughout the precinct (in other words, the dot does not represent the exact address where the voters live).
    Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of disperse
Verb
  • While other members asked to adjourn the night in honor of a grandparent, record producer Quincy Jones and U.S. veterans, Price asked that the meeting end in her own memory.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • After a break, Westmoreland approached Whitaker on the bench, prompting the judge to adjourn court for the day.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of adjourn
Verb
  • Thanks to to novel coronavirus global pandemic, Hugh Jackman’s The Music Man is postponed to spring 2021.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Gallant was scheduled to meet with his U.S. counterpart, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in Washington in early October — a trip Gallant initiated — but it was postponed at Netanyahu’s request.
    Max Burman, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of postpone
Verb
  • Earlier this year, Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, disbanded its Safety Advisory Council.
    Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The Hurt Business gradually disbanded after Lashley and MVP departed in early 2022, but Alexander and Benjamin continued to compete as a tag team under the name for some time after that.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of disband
Verb
  • After the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, reviewed the national security implications of the sale, the Biden administration deferred a decision until after the election.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In 2023, only 14% of employees deferred the maximum amount into 401(k) plans, according to Vanguard’s 2024 How America Saves report, which included data from 1,500 qualified plans and nearly 5 million participants.
    Kate Dore, CFP®, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of defer
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