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also hiccough
as in discontinuity
a break in continuity
the business has grown steadily for 14 years, with only a few minor hiccups
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Recent Examples of hiccup
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OpenAI's new Operator AI agent handles tasks — but with hiccups
Apple Intelligence now turns on automatically.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
The Tigers had a brief hiccup as the calendar flipped to 2025, losing two of three.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
However, there was a hiccup in the initial announcement regarding Princess Beatrice's royal title.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Garcia hopes to secure a construction job in Malibu but fears any hiccup in his asylum case could hurt him.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
The Tigers had a brief hiccup as the calendar flipped to 2025, losing two of three.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
However, there was a hiccup in the initial announcement regarding Princess Beatrice's royal title.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Garcia hopes to secure a construction job in Malibu but fears any hiccup in his asylum case could hurt him.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hiccup
Noun
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While her book is at times fragmentary and episodic, marked by abrupt discontinuities, the cumulative effect is powerful, eloquently testifying to the horrific consequences of this conflict.—
Rebecca Donner,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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This border or discontinuity is an average of 3–6 miles beneath the ocean floor and 10–60 miles beneath the continents.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Nov. 2024
Noun
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In the same Game mode, the Bodnar shows an input lag of 14.6ms at 4K60 and 4.8ms at 1080p120.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
19 Feb. 2025
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There's a pair of HDMI 2.0 ports around back for cabling media sources, with input lag reported as 33.4 milliseconds – which likely strikes gaming off the agenda.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2025
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Now Marylanders are experiencing high-cost electric bills and could experience service interruptions and blackouts.—
Teresa Reilly,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Feb. 2025
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The 2013 study also found that women were nearly five times as likely as men to report sleep interruptions as a result of caregiving, usually for a child.—
Melinda Wenner Moyer,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Hiccup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hiccup. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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