abrupt
Example Sentences
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In retrospect, there were signs that the market was headed for an abrupt turn.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
They also helped researchers identify the abrupt changes linked to the Pacific reversal and the 2017 geomagnetic jerk.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
State-run UNE said there was a "total disconnection" of the national electricity system, plunging the country, including the capital, into abrupt darkness.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
As she relates in “Aging Out,” the shock of Anita’s death was a factor in Schiller’s abrupt relocation from a central New York college town to Pittsburgh, where she knew no one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“Everybody off,” the driver snaps at us after coming to an abrupt stop inside the gate.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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