entr'acte

Definition of entr'actenext

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Noun
  • The time lag breaks momentum, and people who are unfamiliar with design begin to settle.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The device works by comparing the time lag between two beams of light traveling through the fiber optic cable in the spiraling coils and back.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Brian Daboll had been fired and Mike Kafka, the interim who replaced Daboll, was on his way out the door and there was still a feeling around here that Joe Schoen might follow him.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In the interim, the Cubs have done a masterful job of piecing together what Counsell likes to describe as the innings puzzle.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The debut feature from Cole Webley, written by Robert Machoian and starring John Magaro expand to LA and Omaha, NE 5/1 and adds additional markets 5/8 through to a full 45-day theatrical window.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
  • As Bertha whips up breakfast for their boarders, the couple peers out of the window, watching Bynum Walker (a fantastic Ruben Santiago-Hudson) dance with the pigeons and riffle through Seth’s vegetable garden.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 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
  • Plan for the Season To extend your harvest, succession plant fast-growing crops, like radishes and carrots, at two to four week intervals through early summer.
    Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Employees restock more frequently and experience fewer interruptions from weekend shoppers, resulting in shelves that tend to stay better organized and fuller.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
  • It has been contested almost annually without interruption since 10 years after the end of the Civil War, and on the first Saturday in May for almost a century.
    NBC news, NBC news, 29 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
  • Peasants whisper about monsters in the forest, and in the interlude between the wars, Lajos gazes at a house that is burning down and has a premonition of the world-historical destruction to come.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The entire tenor of the match was nearly much different for the second half, as SDFC came out after intermission and just moments in, executed a set piece that played out perfectly — if not for VAR.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Just more than two minutes before the first intermission, the physical nature of the series boiled over in a series of scuffles that ended with referee Graham Skilliter meeting with the captains of both teams.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The chief judge’s office didn’t immediately respond to questions from the Tribune about how the office approached the notifications that Talley had dropped off the map, or comment on what led to the 48-hour lag time before a hearing.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a slight lag in service when to-go orders start coming in — Anthony needs to be reminded to pick up the phone — and some tables wait a little too long for entrees.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Entr'acte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entr%27acte. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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