as in interval
a break in continuity
an awkward intermission between speeches
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Recent Examples of intermission
Trailing 51-47 at intermission, Maryland outscored the Hawkeyes by 30 in the second half.
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2025
The Arizona Cardinals were at the goal line eyeing a halftime lead, but instead found themselves down 17-7 going into intermission.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 9 Feb. 2025
At halftime, the score was 3-3, the first time in Super Bowl history the game was tied at intermission.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
Movies were paired with overtures and intermissions rather than short subjects or promotional trailers.
—Cory Stillman, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2025
The Arizona Cardinals were at the goal line eyeing a halftime lead, but instead found themselves down 17-7 going into intermission.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 9 Feb. 2025
At halftime, the score was 3-3, the first time in Super Bowl history the game was tied at intermission.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
Movies were paired with overtures and intermissions rather than short subjects or promotional trailers.
—Cory Stillman, IndieWire, 10 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
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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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This process ensures that all Skype chats and contacts are automatically available in Teams, allowing users to continue their communications without interruption.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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After a two-month hiatus, the long-running reality series returns to Fiji’s stunning Mamanuca Islands for the 15th consecutive season, with original host Jeff Probst hosting the reality series again.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Grey’s Anatomy, which has been on hiatus since November, resumes Season 21 on Thursday, March 6 at 10/9c.—
Gabriela Silva,
TVLine,
25 Feb. 2025
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Reuters reported that a senior USAID official wrote in a March 2 internal memo that a yearlong pause in USAID’s work on health, food and agriculture in the world’s poorest countries would raise malaria deaths by 40%, to between 71,000 and 166,000 annually.—
Christian Ruth,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
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How Trump’s trade war could hit your wallet After earlier threats and a last-minute pause in February, President Trump’s North American trade war has begun while the tariff battle with China escalated.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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After an interlude in southern Mexico, Carbon Nation returned to Belize.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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The Jeff Daniels music interludes in this Audible Original present another side of a man that many of us have seen on our tv screens for so many years and the artistry in mixing them together with his stories are beautifully complementary.—
Joshua Dudley,
Forbes,
14 Dec. 2024
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“Intermission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermission. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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