: the act of stopping : the state of being stopped : halt, obstruction
a stoppage in play
Examples of stoppage in a Sentence
The penalty caused a stoppage in play.
There have been more than 10 minutes in stoppages.
10 minutes of stoppage time
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Enner Valencia scored a penalty deep into first half stoppage time.
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Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Across automotive assembly lines and steel plants, unscheduled stoppages are brutally costly.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
DeMelo, 27, slowly took a seated position on the field of play two minutes into first-half stoppage time and a teammate was attending to her while a referee called for trainers to check her out.
—Reuters 19 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Salah held his nerve to hammer the last-gasp penalty past Martin Dubravka after Hannibal had handled Jeremie Frimpong’s cross deep into stoppage time.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Across automotive assembly lines and steel plants, unscheduled stoppages are brutally costly.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
DeMelo, 27, slowly took a seated position on the field of play two minutes into first-half stoppage time and a teammate was attending to her while a referee called for trainers to check her out.
—Reuters 19 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Salah held his nerve to hammer the last-gasp penalty past Martin Dubravka after Hannibal had handled Jeremie Frimpong’s cross deep into stoppage time.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stoppage
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“Stoppage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoppage. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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stoppage
noun
stop·page
ˈstäp-ij 
: the act of stopping : the state of being stopped
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