INTERMITTING Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

intermitting

verb

present participle of intermit

as in interrupting

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Gamers can quickly capture screenshots of 2D and 3D games on their primary monitor without interrupting the action.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Cancer June 21 – July 22 The work request interrupting your private time may need a firmer boundary today.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of interrupting

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The Retired Police Canine Foundation was selected as the recipient of these funds and is in charge of dispersing them to handlers across the state.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Open clusters are young clusters of stars that were born together and are now gradually dispersing, and Auriga’s open clusters are some of the best and brightest of their kind in the night sky.

— Gemma Lavender, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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The bill is a response to the federal government’s discontinuing production of pennies.

— Jack Harvel August 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
The magazine claims that the company considered moving production of the four-door away from its primary factory in Stuttgart, Germany, as well as discontinuing it even sooner, before settling on gradually phasing out the model by 2030.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2026

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Experts believe Wednesday's mudslides and flash flooding across Nepal and China's Tibet region were caused by a large chunk of ice breaking off a glacier and falling into the Lhende Khola River.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The AccuWeather team will be looking for smaller storm cells breaking off of the main line, which would give them freedom to begin rotating and potentially spin off a tornado funnel.

— Karl Hille, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026

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The Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan has effectively shut down, while the Port of Shanghai’s Yangshan and Waigaoqiao terminals are suspending operations as Typhoon Saudel nears landfall in China.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
In July 2025, floods swept away the bridge connecting it with Nepal’s Rasuwa Port, suspending goods trade for roughly six months, state media reported at the time.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

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Kennedy, a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement, took several steps that ran counter to CDC research and recommendations, including disbanding an expert advisory committee and appointing his own panel that included vaccine skeptics.

— Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Other key events took place after the turn to the new millennium, including Charlotte Black Gay Pride holding its first event in July 2005, and Charlotte Pride disbanding in 2006.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026

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