as in interrupting
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 cutting in
But the spare use of cutting in key moments can be a drag — when your brain is working faster than the movie, that’s a problem.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The skin should look dry and slightly blistered, the potato should give with a gentle squeeze, and after cutting in, the flesh should look fluffy and steamy.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
Dip the bottom of each cutting in rooting hormone and shake off any excess rooting powder or gel.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
Rogers brought the conversation back to Crockett later in the episode, cutting in to clarify his earlier remarks.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Jan. 2026
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The skin should look dry and slightly blistered, the potato should give with a gentle squeeze, and after cutting in, the flesh should look fluffy and steamy.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
Dip the bottom of each cutting in rooting hormone and shake off any excess rooting powder or gel.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
Rogers brought the conversation back to Crockett later in the episode, cutting in to clarify his earlier remarks.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutting in
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Low-slung timber and stone buildings trace the dunes' natural topography, never interrupting it, and views reveal themselves gradually rather than all at once.—
Amy Louise Bailey,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
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This is not simply a story of crisis interrupting democracy.—
Jasmin Lilian Diab,
The Conversation,
5 Apr. 2026
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The building had kept deteriorating over the course of time, with people continually breaking in, Olson said.—
Chilekasi Adele,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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If the matter-antimatter asymmetry arose due to a breaking of a certain cosmic symmetry at a higher energy, then restoring the symmetry could lead to that symmetry re-breaking in a different fashion.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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