interregnum
Example Sentences
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You can't blame voters for getting a little overheated in their rhetoric during the election season and moving on with their lives in the interregnum.
From Salon
We have entered what I have come to think of as the Oscars’ interregnum, that anxious, frequently tedious period between the announcement of the nominees and the unveiling of the winners.
From Los Angeles Times
If we’re being truly rational, the period from the time you surrender your keys to the moment you collect your vehicle should be an interregnum that fills the heart with dread.
From Los Angeles Times
Under the British constitution, a sovereign succeeds to the throne the moment his or her predecessor dies, before being proclaimed to the people, so there is no interregnum.
From Reuters
“You are a weak monarch in a dangerous interregnum,” she tells Roman.
From Los Angeles Times
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