as in interval
a break in continuity
an awkward intermission between speeches
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Recent Examples of intermission
Later, Naughton and Hagan struck again, respectively, as the Timberwolves took a 4-2 lead into intermission.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
The production, which runs two hours, is performed without intermission.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
All the scoring came in a 20-minute span of the first half with the ageless Sergio Ramos putting Monterrey in front with a header in the 25th minute and Lautaro Martinez pulling that back for Milan three minutes before the intermission.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
But Knoblauch’s Game 4 move to pull him at the first intermission in favor of Pickard ignited a three-goal comeback that evened the series.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
The production, which runs two hours, is performed without intermission.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
All the scoring came in a 20-minute span of the first half with the ageless Sergio Ramos putting Monterrey in front with a header in the 25th minute and Lautaro Martinez pulling that back for Milan three minutes before the intermission.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
But Knoblauch’s Game 4 move to pull him at the first intermission in favor of Pickard ignited a three-goal comeback that evened the series.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermission
Noun
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Reimagining the Home Services Lifecycle Homeowners often lose track of service intervals or warranty expiration dates.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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The shuttles will run at 15-minute intervals for 10 hours per day.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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There will be an increase in traffic and interruptions from June 20 to July 10.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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Effective leaders refine their risk-transfer practices to safeguard against disruptions and ensure long-term supply chain resilience by seeking coverage for cyber, directors’ and officers’ liability, business interruption, environmental, terrorism, public liability and reputational risk.—
John M. Bremen,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Seasons 2 and 3 of the South Korean thriller were filmed back-to-back, hence the short six-month wait compared to the three-year hiatus between Seasons 1 and 2. Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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The hunky and hot heroes calendar is returning after a four-year hiatus.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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His ability to go both ways prompts a moment of pause from Fulham defender Calvin Bassey, and Mbeumo takes the ball onto his weaker right foot and scores across goal.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Thrillers work well on TV because episodic television has cliffhangers and pauses built into its structure that actually escalate or elevate the mystery component of a story.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
20 June 2025
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Woven into an affecting, predominantly string score by Oliver Coates, the music interludes are without exception sublime, including those sung tunefully but with more gusto than vocal skill by O’Connor and those invested with full-throated feeling by Mescal.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
21 May 2025
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Essentially, Song created these interludes to expand the world of Materialists.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
14 June 2025
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“Intermission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermission. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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