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abrupt

adjective as in happening suddenly and unexpectedly

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The comic's abrupt suspension came after threats by the federal tv regulator to revoke ABC's broadcast licence, sparking nationwide debates over free speech.

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Deen’s public relations team says that the abrupt cancellation was due to “exhaustion.”

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The Late Show host Stephen Colbert pulled off a big win after his fellow nominees in the talk show category rallied behind him following his show's abrupt cancellation.

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It’s an abrupt reversal of Biden-era efforts to address climate change emissions from gasoline cars.

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As if the line weren’t already strange and abrupt, the sentence is even more nonsensical out of context.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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