CAESURAS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

caesuras

noun

variants or caesurae

plural of caesura

as in spaces

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Noun

The nationwide victories for Democrats raised the possibility that governments could force pauses in construction of more data centers.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Ukrainian officials have described the operation in Oleshky as one of the most significant pauses in fighting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion more than four and a half years ago.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of pauses

Noun

The number ahead of the teams in parentheses is their Post Season Ranking seed, not their AJC Varsity ranking.

— Caitlyn Stroh-Page, AJC.com, 7 Nov. 2026
The numbers show customers potentially affected in each county, with Medical Baseline customers in parentheses.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of parentheses

Noun

Leeds is in the zone here, and because most of the tracks are about the same length and there are no ambient interludes or pop-length counterbalances, the album’s lengthy runtime ends up sliding by pretty easily.

— Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
What follows is a heady mixture of grief, desire, fantasy, and dance, complete with elaborate musical interludes and a delirious homage to Dirty Dancing.

— Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 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

For longer books, those intervals can add up to a significant amount of time.

— David English, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
To mitigate risks, the study recommends shorter inspection intervals for blades exceeding 2,000 flight cycles, along with real-time monitoring of engine vibration and exhaust gas temperatures.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 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

Definition of discontinuities

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