as in interrupts
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion
a stranger cut in with unsolicited advice on how we could fix our relationship
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Recent Examples of cuts in
Some Fed officials aren’t convinced that aggressive rate cuts in the coming months are necessary.
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Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
The Bengals also worked out former Cleveland Browns signal-caller Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason but was among the team's cuts in August.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
From there, traders are assigning a better than 70% chance of cuts in both October and December, according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool, which gauges rate cut probabilities using 30-day fed funds futures contract prices.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled a budget Monday proposing the city’s largest spending cuts in over a decade — apart from decreases during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Cable cuts in the Red Sea briefly disrupted Microsoft’s Azure service.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said job cuts in August were up 39% from July, and up 13% from the same month a year ago.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The Baltic festival was launched in 2009 by Solvita Krese, Director at the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) as a response to budget cuts in culture, thanks to the economic crisis affecting Latvia at the time.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Diplomats and aid officials say crises elsewhere in the world, along with donor frustration over the Taliban's policies toward women, including curbs on those who are aid workers, have spurred the cuts in funding.
—Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
The Bengals also worked out former Cleveland Browns signal-caller Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason but was among the team's cuts in August.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
From there, traders are assigning a better than 70% chance of cuts in both October and December, according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool, which gauges rate cut probabilities using 30-day fed funds futures contract prices.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled a budget Monday proposing the city’s largest spending cuts in over a decade — apart from decreases during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Cable cuts in the Red Sea briefly disrupted Microsoft’s Azure service.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said job cuts in August were up 39% from July, and up 13% from the same month a year ago.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The Baltic festival was launched in 2009 by Solvita Krese, Director at the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) as a response to budget cuts in culture, thanks to the economic crisis affecting Latvia at the time.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Diplomats and aid officials say crises elsewhere in the world, along with donor frustration over the Taliban's policies toward women, including curbs on those who are aid workers, have spurred the cuts in funding.
—Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuts in
interrupts
Verb
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Pedigo interrupts to point out that even the records that got Walker labeled as a traditional country singer had more depth to their sounds than such a label affords him.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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No provocation on the part of the town’s inhabitants interrupts the tense calm.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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