as in interrupts
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion
a stranger cut in with unsolicited advice on how we could fix our relationship
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Recent Examples of cuts in
Cushing was one of five board members to vote for a series of sweeping budget cuts in January, intended to pull the district out of a $14 million deficit.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
President Emmanuel Macron’s government in France, for example, has been periodically threatened by popular protest against cuts in social welfare, especially retirement benefits.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
Elsewhere on Reddit, in what is labeled an Oracle employees group, there was discussion about job cuts in Canada, India and the United States over the last week.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
The ministry’s budget has swollen to $45 billion, forcing cuts in other government ministries.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
This pause – and uncertainty about rate cuts in the remaining months of the year – have also caused mortgage rates to rise.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
That's also led to cuts in output from some of the world's largest producers, because their crude has nowhere to go.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
Attacks on commercial ships and threats of further strikes have stopped nearly all tankers from carrying oil, gas and other goods through the passage, leading to cuts in output from some of the world’s largest oil producers, because their crude has nowhere to go.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Arizona has already absorbed some of the deepest cuts in recent years.
—Amalia Roy, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
President Emmanuel Macron’s government in France, for example, has been periodically threatened by popular protest against cuts in social welfare, especially retirement benefits.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
Elsewhere on Reddit, in what is labeled an Oracle employees group, there was discussion about job cuts in Canada, India and the United States over the last week.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
The ministry’s budget has swollen to $45 billion, forcing cuts in other government ministries.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
This pause – and uncertainty about rate cuts in the remaining months of the year – have also caused mortgage rates to rise.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
That's also led to cuts in output from some of the world's largest producers, because their crude has nowhere to go.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
Attacks on commercial ships and threats of further strikes have stopped nearly all tankers from carrying oil, gas and other goods through the passage, leading to cuts in output from some of the world’s largest oil producers, because their crude has nowhere to go.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Arizona has already absorbed some of the deepest cuts in recent years.
—Amalia Roy, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuts in
interrupts
Verb
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The noise pauses conversations, interrupts performances at the nearby Langroise Center for the Performing Arts, and challenges residents near the tracks to find sleep as an average eight trains pass through downtown each night.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Mar. 2026
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Passover interrupts that cycle.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Cuts in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuts%20in. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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