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also hiccough
as in discontinuity
a break in continuity
the business has grown steadily for 14 years, with only a few minor hiccups
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Recent Examples of hiccup
Republicans largely lined up behind Hegseth, who appears to have survived the hearing without any major hiccups that could derail his nomination.
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Brad Dress, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
While there were reportedly some hiccups in lining up the financing for the deal, Baker has proven himself time and again a whiz at orchestrating unorthodox retail and real estate deals.
—David Moin, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
The recall of your past interactions is intended to be fast, behind-the-scenes, and done without any hiccups.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
While there was one major hiccup (6 ER on Sept. 8 against the Giants), the ensuing run was well-timed as rookie knuckleballer Matt Waldron had hit a wall.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Brad Dress, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
While there were reportedly some hiccups in lining up the financing for the deal, Baker has proven himself time and again a whiz at orchestrating unorthodox retail and real estate deals.
—David Moin, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
The recall of your past interactions is intended to be fast, behind-the-scenes, and done without any hiccups.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
While there was one major hiccup (6 ER on Sept. 8 against the Giants), the ensuing run was well-timed as rookie knuckleballer Matt Waldron had hit a wall.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hiccup
Noun
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This border or discontinuity is an average of 3–6 miles beneath the ocean floor and 10–60 miles beneath the continents.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Nov. 2024
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If our civilization suffers some kind of severe discontinuity, future archaeologists may need to dig this place up to get a hint as to how things went so wrong.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
24 Oct. 2024
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There’s a lag before those wholesale price hikes show up in the grocery store, says Karyn Rispoli, a managing editor at Expana.—
Laurent Belsie,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Jan. 2025
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Because of a six-month lag in the way that 340B discounts work, clinics were hit by the change last July.—
Katie Thomas,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Public Health Health agency spokespeople issued a statement last week explaining that these were temporary interruptions designed to allow the Trump team to get up and running.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2025
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However, this decision leaves SNAP, which serves about 41 million Americans, and similar programs vulnerable to potential interruptions.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Hiccup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hiccup. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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