saltatory

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saltatory
Adjective
  • The fraught legal battle is also taking place amid a sudden round of visa revocations among international students at some of the country’s top universities, with college officials left unprepared and searching for answers from the government.
    Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Similar to his advice on Caterpillar, Cramer has in recent days been recommending investors not making any sudden movements with their portfolios because there’s so much uncertainty.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The fossil record is discontinuous at the Atapuerca site and in Western Europe as a whole, indicating that there were likely long periods without human presence.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • As President-elect Trump approaches the second half of his discontinuous presidency, Americans seem cool to his signature economic proposal: steep new tariffs on America’s most important trading partners.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Morgan Wallen will not miss making an extra buck after his abrupt Saturday Night Live exit moment went viral.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Her situation mirrors that of many others who have recently faced abrupt arrests and detentions in a rapidly shifting immigration system under the Trump administration.
    Adriana Gallardo, NPR, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In some instances, yes, according to one study which looked at the recommendations from a chatbot compared to those of doctors assessing acute respiratory, urinary, vaginal, eye or dental symptoms.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Researchers from Dartmouth College built the bot as a way of taking a new approach to a longstanding problem: The U.S. continues to grapple with an acute shortage of mental health providers.
    Katia Riddle, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Saltatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saltatory. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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