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hiatus

[hahy-ey-tuhs] / haɪˈeɪ təs /


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After a brief hiatus due to the 2020 pandemic, the event returned in 2022 with Interpol, Modest Mouse, the Shins and M.I.A.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Robinson called on Burrows to nominate a replacement "as quickly as possible", adding: "I don't think it is helpful or fruitful for there to be this hiatus within health."

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

After an extended hiatus from acting, Panettiere was returning to work and primed for an even bigger comeback.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

Narratively, “Silver Lake” barely held together and might be responsible for his extended hiatus.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Bessie supplied the hiatus by a homily of an hour’s length, in which she proved beyond a doubt that I was the most wicked and abandoned child ever reared under a roof.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

The union has argued that outdated contract terms, coupled with shorter seasons and longer hiatuses between seasons make it increasingly hard for many actors to maintain a middle-class lifestyle.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 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

Between convulsive sobs she told him, he bridging the hiatuses of emotion with "Oh-dear-oh-dears," in which alarm and sympathy were nicely mingled.

From Once Aboard the Lugger by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson




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