ENTR'ACTE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

entr'acte

noun

Definition of entr'acte

as in time lag

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Noun

For a while, the feedlot sector could maintain profitability because there’s about a six-month time lag between when farmers buy the calves and when they are again sold to be processed, Peel noted.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Some of the long time lag reflected the vagaries and limitations of travel in the mid-19th century, when moving family, servants, and belongings via horse and buggy in the winter months made a longer period necessary.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of time lag

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The team went through eight head coaches (including interims) during that span, with Kubiak being the ninth, and six general managers.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Over the past month, however, the benchmark 10-year gilt yield has risen by around 19 basis points, while the longer-term 30-year gilt yield has added around 21 basis points, with both seeing choppy trade in the interim.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Definition of interim

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Before and after intermission at its annual meeting, a couple Epic staffers announce a list of new customers (and which EHR that health system switched from).

— Brittany Trang, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026
Bonner had 14 points by halftime, and the Mercury took a 42-36 lead into intermission.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of intermission

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Bright colors pop across the entire massive IPS panel, even at different viewing angles, and a zippy 100Hz refresh rate reduces lag and keeps everything on-screen smooth.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
Our goal became to build a model that could get ahead of that lag, digitizing doctors’ clinical judgment and predicting a patient’s trajectory before the APACHE score was calculable.

— Frank Naeymi-Rad, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of lag

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