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interruption

[in-tuh-ruhp-shuhn] / ˌɪn təˈrʌp ʃən /


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“Keep your interruptions to a minimum,” he says.

From Literature

"For almost 96 hours straight - without interruption, without sleep, without even closing our eyes for a moment - we were operating. We were crying and operating. Nobody complained."

From BBC

A review published Monday found that of 82 CDC databases previously updated at least once a month, 38 had unexplained interruptions, with most of those pauses lasting six months or longer.

From Los Angeles Times

"When you are building a project of this size, you also need to be very reassured of the supply chain. We cannot have a disruption or interruption in that particular process."

From Barron's

He lacks a strategy for husbanding his domestic political capital, without which he will be remembered mainly as an interruption.

From The Wall Street Journal