abruptly
Example Sentences
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Its CEO abruptly departed in late 2025 after less than two years in the role, and the company has faced financial pressure.
Emma is an ambassador for Meningitis Now and has warned parents to look out for symptoms - these can start abruptly and progress rapidly, including a high fever, severe headache and vomiting.
From BBC
The American president is about to appear when the broadcast abruptly cuts off and the room blanks out in a flash of white.
Saudi Arabia abruptly canceled two large construction contracts at one of the most ambitious projects in the world, scuttling plans to bring skiing to the desert kingdom.
But Harare abruptly brought forward the halt by 10 months after it noticed a suspicious scramble by mining firms to rush out production and exports, Mining Minister Polite Kambamura said earlier this month.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
