CAESURAS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

caesuras

noun

variants or caesurae

plural of caesura

as in spaces

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Noun

The rapper blazed through an eight-song set in 18 minutes, taking only brief pauses to shout out her backing musicians and, at one point, remark on the lack of Maryland crab cakes in her rider.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
Nicole Durkin pauses while talking about her son Michael, 16, at her home in Valparaiso, Indiana, Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

— Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of pauses

Noun

These luminous interludes also ease us into the memories of Jay’s father that keep intruding on his predicament.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
This time the meetups are spread across a number of weeks, as the summer heat cools gently into autumn, while the interludes themselves attempt to broach something more complex than simple relationship woes.

— James Marsh, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of interludes

Noun

Dressing your windows not only gives them a more finished look, window coverings bring a slew of benefits.

— Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
Parisians have taken to sticking aluminum foil to their windows to reflect sunlight, rolling down their window shutters and living in utter darkness, and forgoing any meals that require turning on the stove or oven.

— Jessica Roy, Curbed, 29 June 2026

Definition of windows

Noun

At irregular intervals, 27 leap seconds have been added to global clocks since 1972 – the last in 2016.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
The Edge can display in-workout metrics and pace targets, heart rate zones for HIIT intervals, and other live figures to show you how your training is going.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of intervals

Noun

Primary focus is on breakthrough technologies and applications that create discontinuities in currently evolving technology trends.

— Stefan Becket, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
This is particularly true as AI generates ambiguity in business operations, whether due to discontinuities created by access suspension to models undergoing export control restrictions, or models adding watermarks that create questions of ownership.

— Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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