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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
Powers-Johnson got a late start this season due to injury and went through his share of hiccups early.
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Dane Brugler, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Scheduling hiccups are to be expected during one of the country’s busiest travel periods of the year.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
If this mainstream film remains oddly watchable despite all its hiccups, credit belongs to the contributions of an alluring and immensely talented cast (especially Gordon).
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
The liver will eventually metabolize it, but Ahluwalia says this can cause side effects such as hiccups and bloating.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
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Dane Brugler, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Scheduling hiccups are to be expected during one of the country’s busiest travel periods of the year.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
If this mainstream film remains oddly watchable despite all its hiccups, credit belongs to the contributions of an alluring and immensely talented cast (especially Gordon).
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
The liver will eventually metabolize it, but Ahluwalia says this can cause side effects such as hiccups and bloating.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hiccup
Noun
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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
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If our civilization suffers some kind of severe discontinuity, future archaeologists may need to dig this place up to get a hint as to how things went so wrong.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
24 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Producers can't just start producing eggs again if there's quite a bit of a lag.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Overall, however, prices in the economy tend to move very much with a lag.—
Kelly Evans,Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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Advocates for Community Health, which represents community health centers, wrote in a statement that clinics in Maine, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, along with Virginia, had experienced interruptions.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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There were a record 259 rocket launches in 2024 — each one requiring an interruption or redirection of commercial air traffic.—
Joann Muller,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Hiccup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hiccup. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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