caesuras

variants or caesurae
plural of caesura

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Noun
  • The two mid-half pauses for hydration (and advertisements) have been met with increasingly loud boos from crowds who are frustrated at FIFA turning matches into de facto four-quarter affairs.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • The pauses have also been criticized for interrupting the spectacle for fans, with broadcasters cutting to commercials.
    Dorany Pineda, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Top 10 best malls Here are USA Today readers’ 2026 selections of their favorite malls in the United States with last year’s rank in parentheses.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 June 2026
  • Top 10 With records through Wednesday and previous rankings in parentheses.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • With multiple songs and ambient interludes, Failure remained connected to their history while showing real growth as artists in the intervening years.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 16 June 2026
  • There are interludes and narration provided by some big-name actors, Wild West sound effects mimicking galloping horses and stagecoaches, and a posse of guest vocalists.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Dressing your windows not only gives them a more finished look, window coverings bring a slew of benefits.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • Lower-risk bridges with lighter traffic and sound materials may qualify for longer intervals.
    Alex Krasnok, Fortune, 21 June 2026
  • Under current federal rules, many bridges must be inspected in, at most, 24-month intervals.
    Alex Krasnok, The Conversation, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The tapping may provide information about structural discontinuities, density changes or the presence of tunnels themselves, even when those tunnels are no longer empty.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • 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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