intermitting

present participle of intermit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermitting
Verb
  • Cars can be heard speeding through downtown, interrupting diners at restaurants and residents who call the area home.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Truist analyst Youssef Squali, for one, on Monday reiterated his buy rating on Alphabet under the belief that the company is still winning in search, despite doubts about AI interrupting users' search engine behaviors.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many others have also left quietly, dispersing across continents, carrying stories like mine.
    Sonny Alejandra, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But the protoplanetary disks around these massive stars only last around 2 million years before dispersing — and that's not quite enough time to create gas giants.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some are discontinuing various product lines, and others are cutting workers or closing altogether.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Carlson asked the state’s environmental agency about the protocol for discontinuing treatment and was told to keep the state posted.
    Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lopez and Affleck, one of the quintessential pop culture couples of the early 2000s, famously rekindled their romance in 2021 and wed the following year, two decades after breaking off their first engagement in late 2002.
    Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
  • After breaking off the engagement, Cochran said, Glison had moved to the apartment complex to get away from him.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Department of Education has resumed a key student loan forgiveness program after originally suspending it since July.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Teachers spoke to IndyStar about how suspending and merging education degrees could impact Indiana's teacher shortage.
    Tory Basile, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • From there, Hansen and his bandmates determined the best course of action, and discussions even arose about disbanding the group, which had formed in 1976.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The new Search Party feature is designed with privacy in mind, only sharing potential dog sightings and disbanding the network once the pet is found.
    Mike Feibus, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Intermitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermitting. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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