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Recent Examples of hiatus After a six-year hiatus, Amman Design Week will return for its fourth edition in October 2026, organizers told WWD. Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025 The group went on hiatus in 2000, returning in 2007 for a global tour and again in 2018-2019, though without Beckham, who has not participated in the group’s activities for more than a decade. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025 Palvin, 32, strutted the runway several times at the lingerie house's signature event, which returned for the second year in a row, after a hiatus beginning in 2018. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025 This month, the league returned to China after a six-year hiatus. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hiatus
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Noun
  • And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The age gap between their characters was also something thought out by screenwriters David Swift, Charles Shyer, and Nancy Meyers (who also served as the film's director).
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While earnings season has helped fill the information void, this pause in government data comes at a uniquely unfortunate time, given questions about the health of the labor market and inflationary pressures during the trade war.
    Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Taking advantage of that void, Hamas began reasserting itself in force on the streets of Gaza.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omissions, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation with transmission, communications, line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or allegation of submissions.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • As for closures and travel interruptions, Pirek said the only stoppages that will occur are some trains at Camp Pendleton.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Buffalo’s forward depth has already been tested early in the season, and Danforth is a versatile player who helps the Sabres plug holes in the bottom six.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • When the Chicago rat hole went viral, Magle and his team considered how the mark was made.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Compared to its shorter-interval workouts, for example, the Norwegian 4x4 is especially effective at raising VO2 max and, in turn, at building endurance, experts previously told SELF.
    Marissa Gold, SELF, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In a viral video, fitness coach Eugene Teo explains this method of interval-style walking, which involves alternating between walking fast for three minutes and walking slow for three minutes, for five sets in half an hour.
    Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The American president was in his element, often departing from prepared remarks in an address that extended for an hour in front of a crowd that was more than happy to applaud at every pause.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Sometimes, a long pause in stalking behavior is a tactic designed to create more fear by allowing the victim to drop their guard before restarting the behavior, said Aims Babich, director of survivor services at SafeHouse Denver, an emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Hiatus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hiatus. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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