caesura

Definition of caesuranext

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Noun
  • The ant, curled like a comma in my palm.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • Square Lake looks suspiciously like a comma.
    Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Munster’s mosquito-spraying program is once again set to take flight Tuesday after a brief pause, the town announced.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • His health problems resembled a fall down a long flight of stairs, with pauses at several landings.
    Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • And young Bochner is understandably queasy in his delivery of the poetic lines he’s been handed for these same interludes.
    Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • Both provide a quiet interlude at the end of a long day.
    Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • After disc removal, the resulting interspace requires robust reconstruction to restore height, alignment, and stability.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026
  • The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Noun
  • The interior’s center armrest, speaker covers, window buttons, and gear shift are among the areas of porcelain application.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
  • In Irkutsk, Russia, a man is seen leaning into the open window of a hatchback and repeatedly hitting another motorist.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Josefowicz, in her decathlon of a performance, brought Ligeti’s savage discontinuities to the surface.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Poor quality of care, care discontinuity and knowledge gaps are the most frequent factors in preventable maternal deaths.
    Yenupini Joyce Adams, The Conversation, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • In California, where most voters mail their ballots, that lag time can be up to a week.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The surcharge is now updated on a weekly basis and is calculated on a monthly lag to account for the frequent rise and fall in fuel costs.
    Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Top 10 best malls Here are USA Today readers’ 2026 selections of their favorite malls in the United States with last year’s rank in parentheses.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 June 2026
  • The amounts in parenthesis are for a batch of seven drinks.
    Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
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“Caesura.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caesura. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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