as in suddenly
with great suddenness
the car in front stopped abruptly, and we almost hit it
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That concept, new at the time, has since been adopted by other repeating exhibitions, among them Cleveland’s FRONT International triennial, which abruptly ceased operations last year.
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News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2025
Federal officials did not respond to requests for comment about why the park was targeted or why the raid ended abruptly.
—Christopher Weber, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Coincidentally, those studies were abruptly removed from the Centers for Disease Control website.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Where the 2016 World Series champions saw their contention window close rather abruptly, this iteration might be better equipped to last if Hoyer invests in the development of those players.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2025
Federal officials did not respond to requests for comment about why the park was targeted or why the raid ended abruptly.
—Christopher Weber, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Coincidentally, those studies were abruptly removed from the Centers for Disease Control website.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Where the 2016 World Series champions saw their contention window close rather abruptly, this iteration might be better equipped to last if Hoyer invests in the development of those players.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for abruptly
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“Abruptly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abruptly. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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