1
as in interruption
a break in continuity
there were intervals of thousands of years between the major ice ages
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2
as in gap
an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
unable to find my way out of the maze, I cheated and squeezed through a convenient interval in the hedge
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Recent Examples of interval
Matches will be split into two halves of 15 minutes with a five-minute interval.
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Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
His job was harder still after Jackson’s elbow on Sven Botman nine minutes before the interval prompted his red card.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 13 May 2025
That interval was later extended to 15 days, a practice still observed today to accommodate global participation.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Kevin Cardinal Farrell headed the Vatican’s family and laity office and is currently the one tasked with running the Holy See in the interval between a pope’s death and the election of the next one.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
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Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
His job was harder still after Jackson’s elbow on Sven Botman nine minutes before the interval prompted his red card.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 13 May 2025
That interval was later extended to 15 days, a practice still observed today to accommodate global participation.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Kevin Cardinal Farrell headed the Vatican’s family and laity office and is currently the one tasked with running the Holy See in the interval between a pope’s death and the election of the next one.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interval
Noun
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Seamless travel will look like fewer interruptions and shorter wait times while technology works quietly in the background.—
Omry Litvak,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Career interruptions in a workforce often dismissive of aging women.—
Essence,
Essence,
20 May 2025
Noun
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In addition to his recent deep dive into the 2023 porch footage, Torre has also been behind several bombshells dropped about Hudson and Belichick, who have a 49-year age gap.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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That leaves a yearlong gap between The Fantastic 4: First Steps and Brand New Day, the longest break in Marvel movies since COVID.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The sweeping policy legislation that Republicans are pushing through Congress is poised to reignite international tax and trade wars that have been on hiatus as policymakers around the world grappled with how to overhaul the global tax system.—
Alan Rappeport,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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After a Season 14 hiatus, the German model returned to the NBC show for Seasons 15 through 19.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Other cavity nesters such as woodpeckers will make holes in trees, and those can also be adopted by tree swallows, flickers, kestrels and chickadees.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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For decades, conservationists successfully plugged that hole by arguing in court that the ESA’s prohibition of harm to individual species includes destroying a species’ habitat.—
Emma Marris,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2025
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An extended pause in scheduling student visas could lead to delays that may disrupt college, boarding-school or exchange students’ plans to enroll in summer and fall terms.—
Annie Ma,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Live recordings, put on pause during the pandemic, haven’t yet restarted.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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“Interval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interval. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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