abrupt
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Josh Bycel said his father reveled in the challenge of cleaning up L.A. politics and was frustrated by his abrupt ouster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
In retrospect, there were signs that the market was headed for an abrupt turn.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
They also helped researchers identify the abrupt changes linked to the Pacific reversal and the 2017 geomagnetic jerk.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The burst of personal communication—which also includes a recent one-hour-and 41-minute appearance on a podcast about his life—marks an abrupt change of tone for Arnault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Clearly something big and abrupt, and probably cataclysmic, had produced this arresting spike.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing abrupt
Make a Break for It: Rupt
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