INTERREGNUMS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

interregnums

noun

variants or interregna

plural of interregnum

as in intervals

a break in continuity the democratic regime proved to be a short-lived interregnum between dictatorships

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Noun

This work later proved that prime numbers, while randomly scattered in small sections of the number line, appear to be regularly arranged over sufficiently large intervals.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Tickets cost £33 (about $44) and are sold in 10-minute intervals, for a 40-minute visit, but the first batch are sold out.

— Lauren Frayer, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of intervals

Noun

Manon Bannerman and Sophia Laforteza are taking separate hiatuses from Katseye; while Bannerman’s status in the group remains unknown, Laforteza’s mental-health break will continue until she’s reassessed in September.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Haircut 100, on the other hand, took some long hiatuses as a band.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of hiatuses

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Now those gaps were empty, glazed only by the view of leaf-greens and sky-blues.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
MXene nanosheets fill the microscopic gaps between those fibers, locking them in place and preventing slippage under physical pressure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of gaps

Noun

Lynne Goldberg, meditation teacher and co-founder of the Breethe meditation app, told Real Simple that these pauses do the heavy lifting.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
Some deepfakes still have telltale flaws such as unnatural facial movements, lip-sync glitches, robotic speech or awkward pauses — but the technology is rapidly improving, a spokesperson for the organization said.

— Emily Elconin for CNN, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

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