entr'actes

plural of entr'acte

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Noun
  • The notes — about 30 rows of capital letters, numbers, dashes and parentheses broken into sections — baffled investigators.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Microwave on High in 30-second intervals, stirring after every interval, until caramel is almost melted, about 1 1/2 minutes.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The celestial events happen annually or at other intervals, NASA says.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the unexpected interloper turns out not to be the last of the heist’s hiccups when new team recruit Zen (Rosa Salazar) plugs Parker’s crew full of bullet holes and makes off with the rest of the cash.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Amid the discussion, a few audio hiccups sounded, before Consuelos grabbed at his chest and looked over toward his wife.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her ballads were torch-song interludes that could have knocked them dead in lounges a century ago.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The day’s lineup was stacked, but at less than a half-hour apiece and somewhat clunky interludes as the stage is turned over between acts, the early performers had a bit of an uphill battle to get the crowd amped up.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Any interruptions to basic research, such as changes to financial supports or institutions, may threaten future discoveries and potential payoffs for years to come.
    Ryan Summers, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For the most part, essential federal services continue during a government shutdown, but if the shutdown stretches on, delays and interruptions in federal aid, air travel and other services are likely.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
  • Recently, both the qualifying and race pace gaps have been trending down, and Hamilton is looking much more comfortable at the team.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • With a constellation of eyes in the sky, forecasters could suddenly monitor conditions over oceans and remote landmasses, filling in major gaps in their models and providing an early warning system about potential storms forming far away.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the unofficial demo, the humanoid responds to voice commands slowly and takes awkward pauses.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Their words will have bolstered his belief, giving him the confidence to show for and collect the ball again in the defensive third just after the break, using a combination of touches and pauses to evade Brentford pressure before making a more assured sideways pass this time.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Entr'actes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entr%27actes. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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