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also hiccough
as in discontinuity
a break in continuity
the business has grown steadily for 14 years, with only a few minor hiccups
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Recent Examples of hiccup
The 2025 iteration of the Royal Flush Tour has not, however, been without a few hiccups.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2025
Leave it to Mercury retrograde in Leo on July 18 to bring travel and communication hiccups, especially around themes of learning, long-distance and self-discovery.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 July 2025
Despite technical hiccups and mixed reviews, the numbers told a different story: 34.4 million items sold and 1.2 million new Prime members added in a single day.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2025
Defensively, the only hiccup came in the fourth inning when a throwing error by catcher Nick Fortes allowed the Padres’ Luis Arraez to advance to second.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2025
Leave it to Mercury retrograde in Leo on July 18 to bring travel and communication hiccups, especially around themes of learning, long-distance and self-discovery.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 July 2025
Despite technical hiccups and mixed reviews, the numbers told a different story: 34.4 million items sold and 1.2 million new Prime members added in a single day.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2025
Defensively, the only hiccup came in the fourth inning when a throwing error by catcher Nick Fortes allowed the Padres’ Luis Arraez to advance to second.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hiccup
Noun
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Any degradation or discontinuity in the data, whether in terms of quality or quantity, could negatively affect the model's forecasting skill, scientists warn.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
28 June 2025
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By definition, however, innovation creates discontinuities with the past that can generate social trauma.—
Edoardo Campanella,
Foreign Affairs,
15 May 2017
Noun
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But flat budgets have long plagued the service, leading to underfunded requirements, aging infrastructure, maintenance backlogs and lags in modernization, despite bipartisan efforts last year.—
Gidget Fuentes,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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If people and communities are already managing their consumption, the question becomes: why is policy not keeping up, and what is that lag costing us?—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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While those strikes forced temporary shutdowns at several facilities, most Russian plants eventually resumed operations after brief interruptions.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The goal is to provide comfort fare but without commercial interruption and without busting budgets.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Hiccup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hiccup. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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