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Recent Examples of caesura
For instance, the caesura that is commonly found at the center of each line of Anglo-Saxon verse conveyed a meaning to native speakers that is lost to us today.
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Literary Hub, 20 May 2025
With National Socialism from 1933, however, a caesura occurred that is still unparalleled today.
—Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
During the concert Friday night, the important silences between movements — caesuras central to the impact of the music — were consistently broken by applause.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
Nearly every line is interrupted with a caesura (a period, em dash, comma or question mark), mirroring a zigzagging mind.
—Mark Wunderlich Victoria Chang, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
However, with a likely yearslong caesura between Muti’s tenure and, well, whoever’s, why get ahead of ourselves?
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
Details like these are scattered throughout the first half of the novella, partly so Wallace can establish a generational caesura between Fogle and his father, the Reagan-campaign contributor.
—Jon Baskin, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022
There's a caesura, and then all the hands in the congregation go up.
—Michael Paterniti, GQ, 26 June 2018
Literary Hub, 20 May 2025
With National Socialism from 1933, however, a caesura occurred that is still unparalleled today.
—Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
During the concert Friday night, the important silences between movements — caesuras central to the impact of the music — were consistently broken by applause.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
Nearly every line is interrupted with a caesura (a period, em dash, comma or question mark), mirroring a zigzagging mind.
—Mark Wunderlich Victoria Chang, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
However, with a likely yearslong caesura between Muti’s tenure and, well, whoever’s, why get ahead of ourselves?
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
Details like these are scattered throughout the first half of the novella, partly so Wallace can establish a generational caesura between Fogle and his father, the Reagan-campaign contributor.
—Jon Baskin, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022
There's a caesura, and then all the hands in the congregation go up.
—Michael Paterniti, GQ, 26 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caesura
Noun
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The ant, curled like a comma in my palm.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Square Lake looks suspiciously like a comma.—
Mark Glende,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That pause is the whole story for anyone who holds an insurance policy, because some of the rules in the firing line decide how the algorithms that price your cover are allowed to behave.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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If someone urges you to splurge, smile, breathe, and pause.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
Noun
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Deadline’s Natalie Sitek, who has a PhD in Grande, tells me that the interlude pieces are a continuation of the Brighter Days Ahead short film, which won a 2025 VMA Video Award of the Year.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
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With multiple songs and ambient interludes, Failure remained connected to their history while showing real growth as artists in the intervening years.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
16 June 2026
Noun
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After disc removal, the resulting interspace requires robust reconstruction to restore height, alignment, and stability.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2026
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The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2024
Noun
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By the time cracks, loose concrete or lane closures appear, the cheapest repair window may already have closed.—
Alex Krasnok,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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The injured girl's mother is believed to have jumped from a second-floor window to safety and is in stable condition, the PFD confirmed to CBS News.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
Noun
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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
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The tapping may provide information about structural discontinuities, density changes or the presence of tunnels themselves, even when those tunnels are no longer empty.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Monetary policy famously works with a lag, so the effects are not immediate.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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So don't settle for lag and run to grab this router before the deal disappears.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
15 June 2026
Noun
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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
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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 23 Jun. 2026.
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