as in interval
a break in continuity
an awkward intermission between speeches
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Recent Examples of intermission
The All-Star intermission is over, and the house lights are flickering.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
The All-Star intermission sets up a third-act sprint to the finish.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
During a recent performance, the show, meant to run almost two hours without intermission, was stopped twice for about five minutes so that ushers could attend to flustered theatergoers.
—Alex Marshall, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The sprawling narrative spans three decades of post-war America, features a 15-minute intermission and excoriates the sinewy connections between creativity, exploitation and alienation.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
The All-Star intermission sets up a third-act sprint to the finish.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
During a recent performance, the show, meant to run almost two hours without intermission, was stopped twice for about five minutes so that ushers could attend to flustered theatergoers.
—Alex Marshall, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The sprawling narrative spans three decades of post-war America, features a 15-minute intermission and excoriates the sinewy connections between creativity, exploitation and alienation.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermission
Noun
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The average player’s schedule includes breaks of many different lengths and at different intervals.—
Ciarán McArdle,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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These tests were carried out at short and long intervals.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Studies have shown that a typical task takes one third longer than undertaking the same task with no email interruptions.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The synthesized voice was expressive and dynamic, imitating breath sounds, chuckles, interruptions, and even sometimes stumbling over words and correcting itself.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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After a recent four-year hiatus (2020-2023) to pursue Formula One racing at Le Mans, he’s returned to acting with a vengeance.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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But that long hiatus will conclude this Saturday, March 15, when La Roux will play in Los Angeles for the start of a month-long residency.—
David Chiu,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Since then, The Bachelorette has had 21 seasons and 23 leads (Seasons 16 and 19 had two Bachelorettes) until February 2025 when news broke that ABC had put the series on pause.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
17 Mar. 2025
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According to fans at the show, an announcer told the crowd that the unplanned pause was due to an electrical fire and said Journey would continue the show, ABC 13 Houston reported.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Paired with freshly baked bread and local cheeses, this sensory journey provides a delicious interlude before returning to the wheel.—
Shelby Knick,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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There’s also a partisan cynicism embedded in this calculation—that Trump’s second term isn’t really the fascist threat that Democrats warned about on the campaign trail but a regrettable interlude that must be waited out.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Intermission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermission. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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