as in interval
a break in continuity
an awkward intermission between speeches
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Recent Examples of intermission
Hausmann finds a way to keep everything and everyone on course during the one hour and 40-minute piece, which has no intermission.
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Michelle F. Solomon and, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Loading your audio article SAN JOSE — The Rising Phoenix Dragon and Line Dance Association performed during the first and second intermissions of Saturday night’s game between the Sharks and Florida Panthers at SAP Center, part of the home team’s celebration of the Lunar New Year.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
Playing 39 of 40 minutes, the 6-foot-5 senior led UF with 21 points on 8 of 11 shooting, including 5 of 7 from beyond the arc as UF hit 7 of 10 after intermission.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025
Bates and Grill were both 4-for-4 from the line after intermission, however, which was no small thing in a game decided by eight points.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
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Michelle F. Solomon and, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Loading your audio article SAN JOSE — The Rising Phoenix Dragon and Line Dance Association performed during the first and second intermissions of Saturday night’s game between the Sharks and Florida Panthers at SAP Center, part of the home team’s celebration of the Lunar New Year.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
Playing 39 of 40 minutes, the 6-foot-5 senior led UF with 21 points on 8 of 11 shooting, including 5 of 7 from beyond the arc as UF hit 7 of 10 after intermission.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025
Bates and Grill were both 4-for-4 from the line after intermission, however, which was no small thing in a game decided by eight points.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermission
Noun
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Hamas has now released a total of 16 Israeli hostages as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, of a total of 33 promised at staggered intervals during this stage.—
Michael Rios,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
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Complete 3-4 intervals, each four minutes long, with a 3-4 minute recovery in between.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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The Duchess took a five-year hiatus from Instagram after leaving the royal family in 2020.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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Six months after Tenacious D canceled a tour and went on hiatus in the wake of Kyle Gass’ controversial comments about the Donald Trump assassination attempt, the duo reunited to contribute a song to a Los Angeles wildfire benefit compilation.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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Not done yet Martin Truex Jr. has put his retirement on pause for another shot at the Daytona 500.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2025
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On Friday, a judge prevented the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, on administrative leave, after a pause on all new U.S. foreign assistance programs funded by the State Department and USAID the week prior.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Betty and Bruce escape and, in an interlude, find out that the Hulk can't get too excited in...umm...any context.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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And the interactions, or lack thereof, between the man and woman are interspersed with dog and nature scenes and interludes with voice-overs that seem to transport the viewer to the past or different locations.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Intermission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermission. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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