interrupters

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Those characteristics include the same number of exons, which encode the protein, and phases of introns, which act as interrupters to stop or start splicing of the RNA molecules transcribed from the gene.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024

Tyrone Parker, executive director of the nonprofit Alliance of Concerned Men, said the District’s ecosystem of violence interrupters and other support programs aren’t collaborating with each other to squash the blood feuds.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Amanda Beale, an ANC representative from Ward 8, pleaded for more resources for violence interrupters who mediate disputes before they erupt in gunfire, saying, “When they are able to prevent retaliation, that is effective.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2023

And the Police Department said in a prepared statement that it “routinely collaborates with violence interrupters, local clergy, local organizations, community stakeholders and other city agencies to stem youth violence.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2022

Without intelligent listeners, the best talker is at sea; and any good conversationalist is defeated when he is the only member of a crowd of interrupters who scream each other down.

From Conversation What to Say and How to Say it by Conklin, Mary Greer