DISCONTINUOUSLY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

discontinuously

adverb

as in intermittently

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intermittently

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In 2024, Tony Hout joined the vaccine trial at MD Anderson after seeking care for a spot on his ear that had been bleeding intermittently and wouldn’t fully heal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
The administration has also intermittently pressured Ukraine to cave in its war of survival against Russian aggression.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

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