caesuras

variants or caesurae
plural of caesura

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • In the unofficial demo, the humanoid responds to voice commands slowly and takes awkward pauses.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Their words will have bolstered his belief, giving him the confidence to show for and collect the ball again in the defensive third just after the break, using a combination of touches and pauses to evade Brentford pressure before making a more assured sideways pass this time.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The notes — about 30 rows of capital letters, numbers, dashes and parentheses broken into sections — baffled investigators.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her ballads were torch-song interludes that could have knocked them dead in lounges a century ago.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The day’s lineup was stacked, but at less than a half-hour apiece and somewhat clunky interludes as the stage is turned over between acts, the early performers had a bit of an uphill battle to get the crowd amped up.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Microwave on High in 30-second intervals, stirring after every interval, until caramel is almost melted, about 1 1/2 minutes.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The celestial events happen annually or at other intervals, NASA says.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Where the VisEra device does fall short is in its response to light that comes in at an angle because of discontinuities in the metasurface.
    Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2023
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“Caesuras.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caesuras. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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