entr'actes

noun

plural of entr'acte
as in time lags

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  1. parentheses
  2. intervals
  3. hiccups
  4. interludes
  5. windows
  6. interruptions
  7. discontinuities
  8. gaps
Noun
  • The years in parentheses represent the first season playing a region schedule and the first region title.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 26 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • Despite the various headwinds and political uncertainty, most of Wall Street expects the growth in the economy to continue — if not without hiccups and lingering issues over the cost of living.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Aside from some technical hiccups at polling places in Broward County this morning, the elections went smoothly, said Scott.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of hiccups
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 existing light water reactors, LEU+ means plants can run much longer between refueling shutdowns, cutting maintenance costs and keeping reliable zero-carbon electricity flowing to the grid with fewer interruptions.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The squeeze gesture is very useful for quickly bringing up the tool menu and switching between them, integrating them into your workflow without any interruptions.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of interruptions
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
Noun
  • And those cost and coverage gaps grow increasingly wider each year.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Parity within the major conferences is rapidly increasing, with the gaps between teams dropping dramatically.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of gaps
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“Entr'actes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entr%27actes. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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