hiatus

noun

A break in a sequence or a pause in an activity.

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The Last Chair in the Orchestra · paragraph 2

A break in a sequence or a pause in an activity.

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interruption

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The magazine returned after a four-year hiatus with its original editor.

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There was a brief hiatus while the stagehand retrieved a whistle.

From Sounds from the balcony.

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