entr'acte

noun

Definition of entr'actenext
as in time lag

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  1. time lag
  2. interim
  3. window
  4. interval
  5. interruption
  6. interlude
  7. intermission
  8. lag
Noun
  • For a while, the feedlot sector could maintain profitability because there’s about a six-month time lag between when farmers buy the calves and when they are again sold to be processed, Peel noted.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the long time lag reflected the vagaries and limitations of travel in the mid-19th century, when moving family, servants, and belongings via horse and buggy in the winter months made a longer period necessary.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of time lag
Noun
  • The team went through eight head coaches (including interims) during that span, with Kubiak being the ninth, and six general managers.
    — Sam Warren, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Over the past month, however, the benchmark 10-year gilt yield has risen by around 19 basis points, while the longer-term 30-year gilt yield has added around 21 basis points, with both seeing choppy trade in the interim.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Definition of interim
Noun
  • Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Romeo Lavia, Dario Essugo, Reece James, Valentin Barco and Jordan Henderson (the latter two signed in this window) are already expected to compete for midfield roles.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The state, home to almost 300,000 Arab Americans, could be in the early window of the nominating calendar for the second straight cycle.
    — Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of window
Noun
  • Also, ibogaine’s prolongation of the heart’s QT intervals carries a real risk of fatal arrhythmia.
    — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Maya, for example, observed and calculated intervals between solar and lunar eclipses, building predictions and calendars around the pattern.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of interval
Noun
  • In a news release shared Tuesday, Verizon said that service interruptions affected people across Los Angeles County and other parts of the region after vandals cut multiple fiber cables.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But Wills’ career has had numerous injury interruptions, most recently a leg injury in 2024 that required osteotomy surgery and kept him out of the 2025 season as well.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of interruption
Noun
  • Second Line was my mom — her interludes riddled the album with her depiction of what is meant to be a Creole woman in New Orleans.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In a series of video interludes that break up the performance into acts, Grande plays Peaches, a woman who wants to undergo a procedure to erase her painful memories.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of interlude
Noun
  • This ended up leading into a ten-minute intermission, which was honestly needed considering how pointless that interaction between the two was.
    — Rashad Alexander August 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Young hit three 3-pointers and scored 22 points — her career high in a first half — on 7-of-9 shooting as the Aces took a 52-44 lead into the intermission.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of intermission
Noun
  • Diesel prices rose considerably faster than gasoline, an input cost that filters into freight, food and services with a lag.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Its cost curves and product cycles become the rest of the industry’s competitive reality with a lag.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of lag
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