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
Cable cuts in the Red Sea briefly disrupted Microsoft’s Azure service.
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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
Negotiators from the Lower Basin for months have argued that their counterparts in the Upper Basin must agree to mandatory usage cuts in the driest years.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
Wisconsin disability rights groups are concerned about potential funding cuts in the 2026 federal budget.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Disruptions or cuts in grant funding will impede research productivity and innovation.
—A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
Tax Foundation The states forecast to see the largest tax cuts in 2926 are Wyoming ($5,375), Washington ($5,372) and Massachusetts ($5,139).
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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
Negotiators from the Lower Basin for months have argued that their counterparts in the Upper Basin must agree to mandatory usage cuts in the driest years.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
Wisconsin disability rights groups are concerned about potential funding cuts in the 2026 federal budget.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Disruptions or cuts in grant funding will impede research productivity and innovation.
—A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
Tax Foundation The states forecast to see the largest tax cuts in 2926 are Wyoming ($5,375), Washington ($5,372) and Massachusetts ($5,139).
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuts in
interrupts
Verb
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This interrupts automatic defensiveness and signals self-possession.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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But Cherry interrupts their twosome and a brawl ensues.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Cuts in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuts%20in. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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