hiatus
noun
a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
hiatuses
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pluralof hiatus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These micro-retreats have proven so energizing that I now take a few each year—and science suggests such hiatuses, despite their brief duration, can renew enthusiasm and relieve mental exhaustion in potent ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Both bands have been around since the early noughties and have had their fair share of break-ups, reunions, hiatuses and comebacks over the years.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
And unlike other shows, the cast spent multiple hiatuses on national concert tours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
Bands that had been waiting to release new albums until they could realistically envision touring them are now tentatively re-emerging from extended hiatuses.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Even the mechanical engineer comes at last to an end of his figures, and must stand up, a practical man, face to face with the discrepancies of nature and the hiatuses of theory.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
