caesuras

variants or caesurae
Definition of caesurasnext
plural of caesura

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Noun
  • In the Heated Rivalry season finale, this seclusion shapes many defining (and tension-heavy) moments between the pro-hockey-playing protagonists, from free-flowing conversations in the living room to cuddles around the firepit and deep, reflective pauses by the water.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Shawn joins us a moment later, and he is reserved, not hostile but preternaturally wary, measuring out his words with pauses and deference cut with self-possession.
    Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • At one point in the Symposium on Young American Men, one of the few female panelists named a statistic about suicidal thoughts among young men—then, as if in parentheses, added that the rate was even higher for women.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Newsom details the everyday struggle living with his mom after his parents divorced and occasional interludes into his father’s life charmed by the Gettys’ affluence, including that day when the Gettys outfitted him in designer clothes at a luxury department store.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The tracks here are shorter, often resembling the plangent interludes one finds studded across Boards of Canada albums, but dressed up in Western wear.
    Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Work on the area in short intervals and check it frequently.
    Kate Donovan, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The 16 laps are split into four intervals, marked by a sprint every four laps.
    NBC News, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
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 1 Mar. 2026.

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