entr'actes

plural of entr'acte

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Noun
  • The gates were spaced at 12-foot intervals.
    Jane Levere, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Not only was that the natural way to tell the story from his perspective as a narrator, aware of the tragic events, but that was also a way to grab the audience’s attention, hence his decision as well to insert reminders of the tragedy through the voice over at various intervals.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Users should expect some hiccups.
    Bianca Vázquez Toness, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
  • While that process had its share of hiccups, Jesso’s profile continued to rise, with critics eager to hype up someone working in the tradition of ’70s singer-songwriters like Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman.
    Chris Stanton, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This straightforward plot is often broken up by poetic interludes, made up of languid shots of a changing cityscape.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
  • For the two musical interludes, Gaga was at her most exacting and confrontational.
    Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Medical interventions in clinical trials, for instance, can’t simply be paused and picked back up; many studies also rely heavily on collecting data at small and regular intervals, so interruptions are equivalent to massive data holes.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The result is a lot of extra interruptions and awkward silences that make collaboration difficult.
    Carmine Gallo, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Murray only turned the ball over once and was a thorn in Houston’s side all night, exposing gaps in coverages and leveraging the Rockets’ aggression against them.
    Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The White House aims for a truce agreement by April 20, which this year is Easter in both the Western and Orthodox churches, but recognizes that timeline may slip given the large gaps between the positions of the two sides, according to people familiar with the planning.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Entr'actes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entr%27actes. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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