put on hiatus
idiom
US
: to stop broadcasting (a program) for a period of time
The television network put the series on hiatus for several months.
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Spirited award categories after being put on hiatus during the height of the pandemic because no way to judge them fairly with so many closures.
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Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 2 June 2022
The second season received such poor ratings that it was put on hiatus for two months.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 1 Oct. 2021
The Teen Café program, which was put on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, was begun as a one-day-per-week trial in May and ran through early this month.
—cleveland, 27 Aug. 2021
Disney Parks fireworks were put on hiatus in March 2020 as a result of Covid-19 pandemic safety protocol.
—Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 29 July 2021
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Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 2 June 2022
The second season received such poor ratings that it was put on hiatus for two months.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 1 Oct. 2021
The Teen Café program, which was put on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, was begun as a one-day-per-week trial in May and ran through early this month.
—cleveland, 27 Aug. 2021
Disney Parks fireworks were put on hiatus in March 2020 as a result of Covid-19 pandemic safety protocol.
—Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 29 July 2021
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“Put on hiatus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20on%20hiatus. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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