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as in interrupts
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion
forgive me for intruding, but I think I know where that restaurant is
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as in interferes
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
the story of a would-be matchmaker who intrudes into the lives of her friends
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Recent Examples of intrudes
The plaintiffs in Wednesday's lawsuit argued the order unconstitutionally intrudes on Congress and the states' power to regulate elections, since the Constitution doesn't give the president any direct authority over how federal elections are conducted.
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Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Currently, a team of local researchers in North Carolina is collaborating to better understand how dredging may lead to the formation of more ghost forests and salinity, in an effort to gauge just how salt water intrudes the river system and how much salt water is needed to impact local ecosystems.
—Patrick Sisson, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2026
Elon Musk has a habit of announcing the future in sweeping metaphors, then quietly changing course when reality intrudes.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
Urgency intrudes, the long term slips, and foundational risks compound even as leaders acknowledge them.
—Louisa Loran, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, seawater intrudes like an advancing army toward thicker ice, which rests on bedrock that slopes inward toward the bowl-like center of the continent.
—Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
The opposite dangers easily slip from mind, until reality intrudes.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, The New York Review of Books, 25 Sep. 2025
Trending markets tends to persist until the macro inputs erode or a shock intrudes.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
The Ultra's thinner black bezel intrudes slightly upon the display for its front-facing camera, though the notch is smaller than last year's Tab S10 Ultra.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Currently, a team of local researchers in North Carolina is collaborating to better understand how dredging may lead to the formation of more ghost forests and salinity, in an effort to gauge just how salt water intrudes the river system and how much salt water is needed to impact local ecosystems.
—Patrick Sisson, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2026
Elon Musk has a habit of announcing the future in sweeping metaphors, then quietly changing course when reality intrudes.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
Urgency intrudes, the long term slips, and foundational risks compound even as leaders acknowledge them.
—Louisa Loran, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, seawater intrudes like an advancing army toward thicker ice, which rests on bedrock that slopes inward toward the bowl-like center of the continent.
—Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
The opposite dangers easily slip from mind, until reality intrudes.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, The New York Review of Books, 25 Sep. 2025
Trending markets tends to persist until the macro inputs erode or a shock intrudes.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
The Ultra's thinner black bezel intrudes slightly upon the display for its front-facing camera, though the notch is smaller than last year's Tab S10 Ultra.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrudes
Verb
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Any breakdown interrupts the missile’s ability to stay on course.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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These pests are easy to squish, and this is time well spent, since there are up to five generations of these pests a year and elimination in the spring interrupts their life cycle and minimizes our rose slug angst for the remainder of the year.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Of course, the real world always interferes.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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If Washington overtly interferes in European elections or takes the dramatic step of annexing Greenland, the postwar alliance framework, already strained, could fracture.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The latter may be tied to iron deficiency from irregular periods, plus the drop in estrogen, which messes with the dopamine activity that regulates muscle control.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
24 Mar. 2026
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Each has a meltdown worthy of a telenovela, messes with the crime scene and hours later the police are called.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Intrudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrudes. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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