CAESURAS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

caesuras

noun

variants or caesurae

plural of caesura

as in spaces

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Noun

The postponements began shortly after federal judges this month rejected the administration’s attempts to use blanket pauses, rather than individual assessments, to prevent certain immigrants from receiving visas over public-charge concerns.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
These pauses also give the documentary an air of mournful respect, making its pace more deliberate than the standard talking heads-doc that might be mistaken as a stylistic counterpart.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of pauses

Noun

All figures in parentheses below are current estimates for those crop years in million bales.

— SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
Irrespective of his death in parentheses, Philip Sidney wielded the two typographical boomerangs with aplomb in his brilliantly stylish and dizzyingly chaotic Arcadia.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of parentheses

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Additionally, the frequent interludes of dialogue from the Idlewild movie released at the same time don’t add much to the proceedings, and function as more of an inside joke than anything else.

— John Hugar, SPIN, 26 Aug. 2026
The Thai public was willing to tolerate only short interludes of military rule, and coup makers had no choice but to promise the imminent restoration of democracy.

— Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of interludes

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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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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
Josefowicz, in her decathlon of a performance, brought Ligeti’s savage discontinuities to the surface.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of discontinuities

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