entr'actes

Definition of entr'actesnext
plural of entr'acte
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Noun
  • Top 10 With records through Wednesday and previous rankings in parentheses.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Position two or three oven racks at even intervals and heat the oven to three-fifty.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Rain chances may linger into Thursday and Friday, though intervals of sun are also possible as temperatures hold in the mid to upper 60s.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In litigation since December, work is ongoing, although there have been recent hiccups.
    Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Moton is signed through 2027, but given his age (31) and recent injury hiccups, the Panthers could decide to move on from him before his deal is up.
    Mike Kaye April 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Elaborate stages are built for the camera close-ups as much as the crowd, often featuring prefab cinematic interludes, ornately detailed costumes, titillating dance moves and surreal, maximalist graphics.
    Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Jean-Baptiste, who trained as a cellist, arranges his songs—some of which are barely over a minute long—like a chamber cycle punctuated with interludes.
    Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Burke spoke only to consent to intermittent interruptions of his preliminary hearing, allowing the court to address other pending matters.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Quality family time without interruptions or distractions is easily found here.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 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
Noun
  • In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.
    Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Policymakers, especially here in Tokyo, would be wise to accept more foreign workers to plug labor gaps, but that’s not a durable answer on its own.
    Catherine Thorbecke, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Business major Andrea Lui found the chatbot’s voice to be surprisingly human, but the conversation felt choppy with odd pauses.
    Jocelyn Gecker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Business major Andrea Lui found the chatbot’s voice to be surprisingly human, but the conversation felt choppy with odd pauses.
    Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Entr'actes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entr%27actes. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.

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