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Recent Examples of caesura
With National Socialism from 1933, however, a caesura occurred that is still unparalleled today.
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Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
During the concert Friday night, the important silences between movements — caesuras central to the impact of the music — were consistently broken by applause.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
Nearly every line is interrupted with a caesura (a period, em dash, comma or question mark), mirroring a zigzagging mind.
—Mark Wunderlich Victoria Chang, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
However, with a likely yearslong caesura between Muti’s tenure and, well, whoever’s, why get ahead of ourselves?
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
Details like these are scattered throughout the first half of the novella, partly so Wallace can establish a generational caesura between Fogle and his father, the Reagan-campaign contributor.
—Jon Baskin, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022
For Rapsody’s verse, medial caesura fashions a rhythmic back and forth — a left-foot, right-foot two-step.
—Adam Bradley, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
There's a caesura, and then all the hands in the congregation go up.
—Michael Paterniti, GQ, 26 June 2018
Mr. Korstvedt, the Bruckner Society president, pointed to the Fifth as an important caesura, concluding Bruckner’s earlier period with its daring fugal finale.
—David Allen, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
During the concert Friday night, the important silences between movements — caesuras central to the impact of the music — were consistently broken by applause.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
Nearly every line is interrupted with a caesura (a period, em dash, comma or question mark), mirroring a zigzagging mind.
—Mark Wunderlich Victoria Chang, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
However, with a likely yearslong caesura between Muti’s tenure and, well, whoever’s, why get ahead of ourselves?
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
Details like these are scattered throughout the first half of the novella, partly so Wallace can establish a generational caesura between Fogle and his father, the Reagan-campaign contributor.
—Jon Baskin, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022
For Rapsody’s verse, medial caesura fashions a rhythmic back and forth — a left-foot, right-foot two-step.
—Adam Bradley, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
There's a caesura, and then all the hands in the congregation go up.
—Michael Paterniti, GQ, 26 June 2018
Mr. Korstvedt, the Bruckner Society president, pointed to the Fifth as an important caesura, concluding Bruckner’s earlier period with its daring fugal finale.
—David Allen, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caesura
Noun
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In response to Melissa McCarthy posting a photo of herself and her husband on Instagram, Streisand asked the question on everyone’s mind, without even using a comma to separate the independent clause.—
Anne Victoria Clark,
Vulture,
24 Dec. 2024
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That pitcher would preferably sign a contract without too many zeros and commas.—
Grant Brisbee,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The previous agreement, in November 2023, furnished only a pause.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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High-profile premieres have been canceled, and the city’s once-bustling red carpets are now on pause.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There was also an introductory interlude with a curly-haired vampire — those of you who watched season two of Interview With the Vampire may recognize Felix — who befriends Lasher on a park bench and urges him to drop his human impulse to empathy.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
19 Jan. 2025
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After an interlude, two juveniles came prancing down the vines, hopping along to alight on the parkia.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2024
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These songs mess with interspace.—
Sheldon Pearce,
The New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2021
Noun
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Han used holes, windows, and cutouts in a similar way.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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More news: Blue Jays Make Trade to Help Sign Roki Sasaki That left the Dodgers and Blue Jays as the two finalists to sign Sasaki with one week left in his 45-day window to negotiate a major league contract.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This border or discontinuity is an average of 3–6 miles beneath the ocean floor and 10–60 miles beneath the continents.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Nov. 2024
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If our civilization suffers some kind of severe discontinuity, future archaeologists may need to dig this place up to get a hint as to how things went so wrong.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
24 Oct. 2024
Noun
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There’s a lag before those wholesale price hikes show up in the grocery store, says Karyn Rispoli, a managing editor at Expana.—
Laurent Belsie,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Jan. 2025
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Because of a six-month lag in the way that 340B discounts work, clinics were hit by the change last July.—
Katie Thomas,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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San Diego Union-Tribune Girls Basketball Rankings First-place votes in parentheses; points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis Team; Record; Points; Last 1.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Caesura.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caesura. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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