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
  • All figures in parentheses below are current estimates for those crop years in million bales.
    — SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Irrespective of his death in parentheses, Philip Sidney wielded the two typographical boomerangs with aplomb in his brilliantly stylish and dizzyingly chaotic Arcadia.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of parentheses
Noun
  • Athena logged peak penetration rates exceeding 350 feet per hour and sustained over 130 feet per hour through long intervals.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • That posting also got questions about the 40-month intervals, as well as blowback for the reminder of the passage of time.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of intervals
Noun
  • Heading into the results, analysts were looking for information on hiccups in Oracle's data center buildout, after Bloomberg reported that a natural gas pipeline for a New Mexico data center was running behind schedule.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Rothera earned Robinhood’s praise by rapidly onboarding volume during the World Cup with few public hiccups just months after relaunching post-acquisition.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of hiccups
Noun
  • Additionally, the frequent interludes of dialogue from the Idlewild movie released at the same time don’t add much to the proceedings, and function as more of an inside joke than anything else.
    — John Hugar, SPIN, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Thai public was willing to tolerate only short interludes of military rule, and coup makers had no choice but to promise the imminent restoration of democracy.
    — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 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
  • The Family Plan targets banners, pop-ups, video ads, and other browsing interruptions.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The off-season interruptions will take a toll, says the former producer.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of interruptions
Noun
  • 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
  • Josefowicz, in her decathlon of a performance, brought Ligeti’s savage discontinuities to the surface.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of discontinuities
Noun
  • The upside now is that there are no longer obvious gaps in key positions.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Skating at Los Angeles High, downtown and the sand gaps at Venice under a powerful, yellow sun.
    — Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of gaps
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