caesuras

variants or caesurae
Definition of caesurasnext
plural of caesura

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Noun
  • Last year, the agency issued more than 500 payment pauses, which is a 240% increase over 2024, according to agency data.
    Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Drummers’ timekeeping is fluid; even at its most rocksteady, it’s enlivened by tiny, imperceptible pauses and hiccups.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Top 10 With records through Tuesday and previous rankings in parentheses.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Each writer’s personal ranking will appear in parentheses next to their name.
    Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Where Beyoncé added poetic interludes between songs, in Songs from the Hole, the audience learns about Jacobs' story and how his music spiritually liberates him while simultaneously being among the reasons officials cited for not granting him parole.
    Kara Frame, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Much will depend on which movies end up winning, what sorts of acceptance speeches are delivered, and whether producers have made the right choices about things like clip packages and musical interludes.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But established turf needs to be watered at semi-regular intervals, and this will depend on the turf species.
    Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Stress Some fitness trackers measure heart rate variability (HRV), which is the variation in the time intervals between heartbeats.
    Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 10 Apr. 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 18 Apr. 2026.

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