CAESURAS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

caesuras

noun

variants or caesurae

plural of caesura

as in spaces

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Noun

Everyone stress-tests the checkout, then quietly buries returns, cancellations and subscription pauses.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
But the situation is simply too perilous to entertain any more pauses.

— Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of pauses

Noun

These luminous interludes also ease us into the memories of Jay’s father that keep intruding on his predicament.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
This time the meetups are spread across a number of weeks, as the summer heat cools gently into autumn, while the interludes themselves attempt to broach something more complex than simple relationship woes.

— James Marsh, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of interludes

Noun

Dressing your windows not only gives them a more finished look, window coverings bring a slew of benefits.

— Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
Parisians have taken to sticking aluminum foil to their windows to reflect sunlight, rolling down their window shutters and living in utter darkness, and forgoing any meals that require turning on the stove or oven.

— Jessica Roy, Curbed, 29 June 2026

Definition of windows

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At irregular intervals, 27 leap seconds have been added to global clocks since 1972 – the last in 2016.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
The Edge can display in-workout metrics and pace targets, heart rate zones for HIIT intervals, and other live figures to show you how your training is going.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of intervals

Noun

Primary focus is on breakthrough technologies and applications that create discontinuities in currently evolving technology trends.

— Stefan Becket, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
This is particularly true as AI generates ambiguity in business operations, whether due to discontinuities created by access suspension to models undergoing export control restrictions, or models adding watermarks that create questions of ownership.

— Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of discontinuities

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