INTERMITTED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

intermitted

verb

past tense of intermit

as in interrupted

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There’s no time to process that, though — they’re interrupted by a scream from another room.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
One of the most famous is the moment Card interrupted his appearance at a classroom in Sarasota, Florida, as a child read a book out loud.

— Michael Collins, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

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South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest foldable smartphone vendor, launched a tri-fold device in December but reportedly discontinued sales after three months.

— Reuters, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026
And the younger-skewed Phineas Cole collection that had been a focus of the prior team will also be discontinued, although some of the hallmarks of that brand will be incorporated into the core collection.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

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Attempts to route production away from China have merely dispersed Chinese enterprises across a wider array of countries and partners while retaining their irreplaceable role in most supply chains.

— Da Wei, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2026
There’s no difference between the some 97 or so categories handed out this weekend and the glitzy NBC telecast where the final 19 categories will be dispersed on Monday, September 14.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026

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Two other executives were also suspended for their roles, including team president Lawrence Frank for six months, and Leonard was fined $700,000.

— Matt Schubert, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Warren, who was suspended by DeSantis in 2022 and now serves as the deputy legal director of Democracy Defenders Fund, said there’s no way to know the full extent of the grand jury’s investigation.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

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That tradition came to an end with the imposition of a series of new national security offenses in 2020, with civil groups disbanded, some independent media outlets forced to shut down, and most activists jailed or living in exile.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
Trump tapped Kobach during his first term to lead a commission charged with investigating voter fraud, but it was disbanded in 2018 without producing any evidence of widespread fraud.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

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