as in incursion
entry made without invitation or permission
Opening other people's personal mail without permission is an intrusion into their privacy. Pardon the intrusion, but I couldn't help overhearing.
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Recent Examples of intrusion
During parched periods, there is less water available to dilute the system and flush out the salt, while rising seas push salt into the watershed, a process known as saltwater intrusion.
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Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
Yet the Times report recounts a SpaceX and X engineer named Chris Stanley venturing onto the roof of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, just west of the White House, to investigate setting up Starlink there–where a uniformed Secret Service officer rushed to investigate the intrusion.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 18 Mar. 2025
To say Stanley does not appreciate the intrusion would be an understatement of epic proportions.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Creating Opportunities for Native Species to Thrive The Galápagos Islands’ remoteness has not precluded the intrusion of invasive species, which have negatively impacted island animals.
—Priya Shukla, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
Yet the Times report recounts a SpaceX and X engineer named Chris Stanley venturing onto the roof of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, just west of the White House, to investigate setting up Starlink there–where a uniformed Secret Service officer rushed to investigate the intrusion.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 18 Mar. 2025
To say Stanley does not appreciate the intrusion would be an understatement of epic proportions.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Creating Opportunities for Native Species to Thrive The Galápagos Islands’ remoteness has not precluded the intrusion of invasive species, which have negatively impacted island animals.
—Priya Shukla, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrusion
Noun
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That said, those incursions into Florida territory proved fruitless, which probably shouldn’t come as a surprise.—
Nick Ashbourne,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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The drone attacks come as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged for the first time that his forces had staged an incursion into Russia's Belgorod region, although one military analyst told Newsweek that the operation was not an intensive one.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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False light is an invasion of privacy that portrays someone in an unfair light.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The strike in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown was one of Moscow's deadliest this year in the conflict, launched with the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.—
Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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The suspect faces additional charges including grand theft, armed trespass and possession of a firearm by a minor, according to the news release.—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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Charles was once a player on the New York Knicks for 10 seasons, and in February 2017, he was arrested on three counts of assault and one count of criminal trespass following an altercation with security.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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Judge Aileen Cannon began presiding over a second copyright infringement lawsuit involving Taylor Swift on Thursday.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, is being sued for copyright infringement.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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His attorneys and family have rejected the government’s claims, calling his detention unjust and a violation of due process.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Executive director Nick Turner told the Bangor Daily News the show hoped to have other characters on stage reference the two Black characters the musical is missing without showing the pair, but was warned that altering the musical’s licensed script would constitute a contract violation .—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Intrusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrusion. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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