as in suddenly
with great suddenness
the car in front stopped abruptly, and we almost hit it
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Recent Examples of abruptly
Schrader was one of a few suspects in the case, but passed a polygraph test and then left abruptly for Florida.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
White House personnel then cleared the press from the Oval Office, prompting the livestream coverage to abruptly end.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Condé Nast abruptly fired four staffers who were among a group of more than a dozen employees who confronted the company’s head of human resources on Wednesday, an unsubtle message to its employee union that the publisher was taking a harder line in its dealings with employees.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The commission’s action comes more than two years after the resort ownership abruptly pulled its plans from commission consideration in the wake of strong opposition from local leaders and longstanding public access violations of the California Coastal Act.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
White House personnel then cleared the press from the Oval Office, prompting the livestream coverage to abruptly end.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Condé Nast abruptly fired four staffers who were among a group of more than a dozen employees who confronted the company’s head of human resources on Wednesday, an unsubtle message to its employee union that the publisher was taking a harder line in its dealings with employees.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The commission’s action comes more than two years after the resort ownership abruptly pulled its plans from commission consideration in the wake of strong opposition from local leaders and longstanding public access violations of the California Coastal Act.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abruptly
suddenly
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Not for nothing, Diaz said the album’s once-silly, punny title is suddenly not so hilarious.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
11 Nov. 2025
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Sadly, set-ups around this intense huis clos are often labored, with storylines that fizzle out and characters who become suddenly pivotal and then recede into the background.—
NPR,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Abruptly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abruptly. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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