PAUSING Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

pausing

verb

present participle of pause

as in hesitating

to come to a temporary halt in one's activity he paused for a moment to regain his composure

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of pausing Companies across the industry have been idling facilities, with Suntory pausing production at one of Jim Beamâ€™s three Kentucky distilleries to upgrade the site while demand is low. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Head straight up, pausing to breathe and appreciate the views. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Last month, the Supreme Court allowed construction of the ballroom to continue, pausing a ruling from a federal judge halting the project. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026 In April 2012, Russia denied his next visa, pausing his expedition. — Stephanie Bennett, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The pushback against data centers continues to spread across the Bay Area and across the country, with San Francisco and Oakland joining others in pausing their development. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 On Friday, the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Senate Republican leadership, began a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign in Kansas to support Marshall while pausing additional spending in North Carolina, Semafor reported. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Production is pausing on the Warner Bros and DC Studios pic The Batman Part II due to director Matt Reeves stepping away for personal reasons. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 Hilton said his goal was safety, protecting jobs and pausing the use of AI in the classroom. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pausing

hesitating

Verb

But experts have worried that doctors are hesitating to offer treatment without an ironclad diagnosis, which clinicians say can take time and increase risks to the mother.

— Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2026
Fertilizer is often bought months ahead of planting, so hesitating in the fall can mean less goes on the ground in the spring.

— Jayash Paudel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026