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abruptly

adverb as in short

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After a couple minutes he came back, apologetic at abruptly leaving the conversation.

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It is understood that viewers watching the rollover saw the programme abruptly cut off after the bonus ball failed to drop on the draw machine.

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Bloom Energy’s stock surged 1,000% in the past year, but its CFO abruptly left in April, following another CFO departure in 2024.

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The forward rate curve could abruptly flatten if inflation turns out to be stubbornly high, with significant implications for risk asset prices given already elevated valuations.

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Some analysts have counted at least a dozen more military commanders and defense-industry officials who have been absent from major events or abruptly removed from their positions.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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