intermits

present tense third-person singular of intermit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermits
Verb
  • That Sun team, led by Tina Charles, is beating the breaks off the Sparks.
    Kiese Laymon, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Each one of those, in this quantum theory, breaks off into another block of cheese.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Acts or behavior that park management determines is a safety concern or interrupts park operations or guests’ experience.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • That kind of thinking interrupts his execution, especially under pressure.
    Elise Devlin, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • The narrative disperses, and alignment remains superficial.
    Chiara Alzati, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Rodighiero and her team already have their suspicions about how the red and blue monsters can coexist in the early universe—perhaps the blue galaxies are in fact born from the red ones as the dust disperses.
    Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The longer Congress puts off reckoning with these problems, the more difficult the solutions will be.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
  • Leaving clean laundry in the dryer or hamper only puts off a chore until later, keeps clean clothes from its proper place, and also risks wrinkles or someone accidentally mistaking it for dirty laundry instead.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Intermits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermits. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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