Hiatus and Pause

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Hiatus

Hiatus noun - A break in continuity.

Usage example: a three-year hiatus before the fifth book in the series appeared

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Pause is a synonym for hiatus in relief topic. In some cases you can use "Pause" instead a noun "Hiatus", when it comes to topics like stop. popular alternative

Pause

Pause noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

Usage example: there was a brief pause for applause in her speech

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Hiatus is a synonym for pause in relief topic. You can use "Hiatus" instead a noun "Pause", if it concerns topics such as stop, wait. popular alternative

Nearby Words: paused, pausing

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long	long hiatus	long pause
usual	usual hiatus	usual pause
brief	brief hiatus	brief pause
short	short hiatus	short pause
Other adjectives: complete, slight, new, major, significant, odd, last, lengthy, prolonged.

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With a year-long hiatus behind it, and another pause near the end of Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 5, it took seven years for the kids to finish the blasted game.

Source: Arc Fatigue
Classic example regular updates gave way to irregular but frequent, then to less frequent, then a two-month pause, and then an official "hopefully" one-month hiatus... which never actually ended.

Source: Schedule Slip / Web Comics
During the 1989-2005 hiatus, the Doctor Who comics (printed in Doctor Who Magazine) kept moving forward without pause, creating a number of new stories with the Seventh and Eighth Doctors, using original companions, enemies, and so on.

Source: Executive Meddling / Live-Action TV

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