ENTR'ACTE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

entr'acte

noun

Definition of entr'acte

as in time lag

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Noun

This medical inertia partly reflects the time lag involved in disseminating findings.

— Paula Span, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
However, experts told CNBC that a natural time lag exists when price changes transmit from crude oil to retail gasoline.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of time lag

Noun

Since 2002, the Raiders have hired 13 coaches, excluding interims, followed by the Cleveland Browns (10) and Miami Dolphins (nine).

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Carrick is not an interim anymore, of course, but that’s more of a technical detail than a sporting reality.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of interim

Noun

By the time of the witch trial, the sacred building stood stripped of its roofing and outer masonry—a fleshless skeleton; its giant west window glassless, miming a stone scream.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
That equates to removing the electricity demand of roughly 50,000 window air conditioners from the grid or powering approximately 34,000 households for four hours each day during peak demand.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of window

Noun

Improving that interval may matter as much as improving another model’s accuracy.

— Shahen Minasyan, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
He was spotted on Gdańsk Bridge by rotating security cameras, but when the cameras came back around after an interval of several minutes, Chris was gone.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of interval

Noun

Practitioners describe them as brief interruptions in familiar patterns.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
If a facility had successfully operated through years of storms without interruption, many organizations considered their risk profile well understood.

— Patty Templeton-Jones, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of interruption

Noun

That’s namely all the interlude chapters — police reports, 911 calls, courtroom transcripts, newspaper clippings, and scientific research into the telekinetic gene that collectively teases a larger world.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
This distasteful interlude cuts back to Reacher and Green continuing to interrogate Ahlquist.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of interlude

Noun

The documentary, which runs nearly four hours including an intermission, will expand nationwide after its debut in New York City and Los Angeles.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Cinematographer Adam Carboni frames most of the movie in a glowing daytime warmth, peppered with gorgeous intermissions that plunge the audience into starry nights that give the whole affair a music video-like pulse.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of intermission

Noun

Real-time payroll and instant payment rails, including on-demand accessibility to earned earnings, are reducing the daily lag that has characterized banking for centuries.

— Antoine Sallis, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Makowski’s lag putt came up 10 feet short, but the senior calmly drained the slight breaking putt for the par to win the title.

— John Lemon, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of lag

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