1
as in gap
an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
steam was rising from a hiatus in the ground
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2
as in void
an incomplete or deficient area
a hiatus in the law which prevented the district attorney from prosecuting the offenders
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as in interruption
a break in continuity
a three-year hiatus before the fifth book in the series appeared
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Recent Examples of hiatus
With no one coming out for games, the league had gone on hiatus.
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Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The group's seven members took to the stage, greeting fans after a more than three-year hiatus to conduct their mandatory military service and launch their solo music projects.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026
Most had taken a hiatus from the app before they got banned.
—Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Another Ann Arbor bar owner says Oberon's winter hiatus is what makes its opening day a busy one.
—Jack Springgate, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The group's seven members took to the stage, greeting fans after a more than three-year hiatus to conduct their mandatory military service and launch their solo music projects.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026
Most had taken a hiatus from the app before they got banned.
—Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Another Ann Arbor bar owner says Oberon's winter hiatus is what makes its opening day a busy one.
—Jack Springgate, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hiatus
Noun
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And that gap means calculations can get weird.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2026
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That gap, between how the law traditionally understands self-defense and how domestic-violence victims experience danger, is one the Survivors’ Act sought to address.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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The tonal depth in his prints is rich, dense, and moody—not a void but a presence.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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An actual cosmic void — which can indeed be a billion light-years (or more) across — has nothing to do with dark gas clouds and Bok globules, which are small, nearby clouds of light-blocking matter, particularly at optical wavelengths.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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When video streaming platforms were first launched, they were marketed as an affordable way to watch your favorite movies without the interruption of an ad break.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The great interruption was the Black Death of 1347–51, which killed between a third and half of the population of Eurasia, and from which the European population had only begun to recover in Luther’s time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Florida overcame a 10-point first-half deficit and dug out of a 12-point hole after intermission on Sunday, but could not close out the Hawkeyes, who will face Nebraska on Thursday in Houston.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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The burst of activity came as Earth was hit by a complex wave of solar energy, delivering a one-two punch from multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) alongside a fast stream of solar wind from a coronal hole.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Each bride’s dress has been billowed out and arranged around her in a circle, and these white figures are scattered at irregular intervals throughout the green field.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Short walk breaks give your body a chance to recover and reset, so each running interval starts fresher than the last.—
Nicole Bennett,
AJC.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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The pause applies to Iranian oil loaded on ships as of Friday and is set to end April 19.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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But if your friend has no idea what your partner’s talking about, that could be reason to take pause, Charlot said.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Hiatus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hiatus. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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