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Recent Examples of caesura
With National Socialism from 1933, however, a caesura occurred that is still unparalleled today.
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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
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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Cooking by weight would fix this, but since volume is the American default, the comma denotes an important difference.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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In the business world, a comma can carry enormous weight—especially in legal disputes.—
Jason Richmond,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This pause led to a more strategic decision that ultimately benefited the company.—
Naz Beheshti,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Job hopping has hit a pause as employees who might have left their companies previously are no longer able to find higher wages, according to a recent report from Bank of America.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Djokovic’s shots were not quite on-target early and, but for a brief interlude in the second set, his usual verve was not present.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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During these floaty interludes, the team tested manual CPR and three types of automatic chest compression devices.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2024
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Many of the bacteria at least partially survived, which helps to test one of the parameters for the theory of panspermia—that life on Earth originated somewhere else and was brought here on an asteroid or other interspace body.—
Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
14 Sep. 2020
Noun
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At Trinity, an LGBTQ banner hangs in the front window.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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While there was a launch story to tell at IFA, as the Galaxy Tab S11 tablets debuted alongside it, the earlier release offers a longer sales window.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her use of repetition and discontinuity communicate her inquisitive approach to breaking these strictures.—
Elizabeth Mangini,
Artforum,
1 Sep. 2025
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Any degradation or discontinuity in the data, whether in terms of quality or quantity, could negatively affect the model's forecasting skill, scientists warn.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Institutional interest has been shifting toward Solana in recent weeks as bitcoin and ether lag.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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While Mare blossoms quickly under his guidance, the rest lag doltishly behind, using journalism as a pretext to confront an ex, or getting duped by some teens into writing a credulous account of a preposterous youth trend.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But not all peace is equal, and this strange, eventful history offers many reasons to suspect that the present peace with Iran will be a brief parenthesis in the long story of mutual enmity.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Caesura.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caesura. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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