pause
Example Sentences
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The Abu Dhabi Investment Council and the Energy & Minerals Group, which manages about $12 billion overall, have agreed to arbitration, and the continuation-fund transaction remains on pause while the dispute remains unresolved.
Talks to ease those levies remain on pause.
From BBC
Treating them as something society can simply “pause” doesn’t reduce demand for digital services; it constrains the supply of compute, raising costs and outsourcing technological progress elsewhere.
And then she paused, taking a deep breath to collect herself.
From Literature
That stops us from having to pause in our work and get on another application or search engine to find something.
From Los Angeles Times
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