as in winter
a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness
we need to take a time-out from our relationship to think things over
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Recent Examples of time-out
The camera pans around the room to Tony Yayo, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Ye, who is masked and seemingly sitting in the corner without a seat in time-out.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2026
Those two minutes in a time-out decades ago still guide how Richards leads today.
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
With the duel tied at 88-88, the Aces called time-out with five seconds left.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
What all those albums had in common was how those artists offered at least occasional time-outs from the trauma.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Oct. 2025
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2026
Those two minutes in a time-out decades ago still guide how Richards leads today.
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
With the duel tied at 88-88, the Aces called time-out with five seconds left.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
What all those albums had in common was how those artists offered at least occasional time-outs from the trauma.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time-out
Noun
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That winter, the North Vietnamese had launched a major offensive.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Summit County, Colorado, as a whole, is taking a closer look at wildfire risk as a dry winter raises concerns about what the months ahead could bring.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Yet the break has offered F1’s various stakeholders the chance to weigh up what may need changing outside the demands of a grand prix weekend.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Dangerous shore break can throw a swimmer or surfer head first into the bottom causing neck and back injuries.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In these conditions, the biggest risk is not system downtime, but disconnection.—
Ana Paula Assis,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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But now Ortega has found herself in a rare space with months of consecutive downtime.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2026
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The lull follows a ceasefire agreement reached Tuesday, when Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week pause in hostilities in an effort to end the war involving the United States and Israel against Iran, which began February 28.—
Dalia Abdelwahab,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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After Dean Smith led the program to three national championships from 1971 to 1993, the school hit a lull in the early 2000s.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday Ukraine is ready to mirror any ceasefire steps, having earlier proposed to Russia a pause in attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure over the Orthodox Easter holiday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Leon, in issuing the temporary pause, concluded that the preservationist group behind the legal challenge was likely to succeed because the president lacks the authority to build the ballroom without approval from Congress.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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The layoffs are expected to mostly affect Disney’s marketing department, according to the person, who requested to speak anonymously because the moves had not yet been made public.—
Lillian Rizzo,Julia Boorstin,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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Many of the layoffs are expected to come from the recent consolidation of Disney’s marketing department.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Time-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time-out. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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