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abruptly

[ uh-bruhpt-lee ]

adverb

  1. without warning; suddenly or unexpectedly:

    Not noticing that the car in front of him had stopped abruptly, he rear-ended it.

  2. in few words and without using any polite formulas; brusquely:

    My 14-year-old son was calling; as soon as I picked up, he asked abruptly, “How long till you get home?â€

  3. steeply; sharply:

    At one end, the meadow flowed into a large valley; at the other, it dropped off abruptly in a cliff.



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Bonta’s suit relied on the Administrative Procedure Act, which forbids agencies from abruptly changing their regulatory policies without a clear and reasonable explanation.

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And vast numbers of workers have abruptly lost their jobs, with many more to come.

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Another of his predecessors, Mike Stoker, was appointed during the first Trump administration but was abruptly dismissed from the job in 2020.

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In the 20 years that Kim has been using buprenorphine, there have been several times where changes in her life, like her move, or changes in policy have abruptly cut her off from her medication.

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At the end of the trip, “the ride suddenly, abruptly, and violently jolted to a halt, jarring Decedent Christopher Hawley and the other two boys in their seats.â€

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