cut in

as in to interrupt
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion a stranger cut in with unsolicited advice on how we could fix our relationship

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Recent Examples of cut in Berrios was waived during final roster cuts in 2019 and was claimed by the Jets. Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 17 July 2025 Both compartments run the full width of the unit versus being cut in half(ish) vertically in a side-by-side. Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2025 The Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill could result in more than 1,000 additional deaths every year, according to a report published Wednesday in JAMA Health Forum. Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 16 July 2025 Goldman Sachs currently anticipates three 25-basis-point cuts in September, October and December for a terminal rate of 3-3.25 percent. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cut in
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interrupt
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  • During the Nashville stop of the group's latest world tour, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin interrupted the band's usual set list to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, the rock legend who died Tuesday, July 22, at 76.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 July 2025
  • Iris and Isaac’s idyll is interrupted by the enemy of all great budding romances: the truth.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 July 2025

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“Cut in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20in. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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