: the act of stopping : the state of being stopped : halt, obstruction
a stoppage in play
Examples of stoppage in a Sentence
The penalty caused a stoppage in play.
There have been more than 10 minutes in stoppages.
10 minutes of stoppage time
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Who knows how many lives will end being adversely affected by these interruptions, disruptions and stoppages of such work?
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The Chiefs ran nine consecutive plays without a stoppage or using a substitute Sunday morning, a drive that culminated in Patrick Mahomes finding Hollywood Brown in the red zone for a would-be touchdown.
—Samuel McDowell, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2025
Trailing 1-0 heading into stoppage time, Michelle Agyemang scored the tying shot to force overtime, where England won thanks to a 119th-minute goal from Arsenal forward Chloe Kelly.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
Bally’s navigated a one-month demolition stoppage in December after construction debris from the remnants of the Freedom Center, once the largest newspaper printing plant in North America, spilled into the river.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The Chiefs ran nine consecutive plays without a stoppage or using a substitute Sunday morning, a drive that culminated in Patrick Mahomes finding Hollywood Brown in the red zone for a would-be touchdown.
—Samuel McDowell, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2025
Trailing 1-0 heading into stoppage time, Michelle Agyemang scored the tying shot to force overtime, where England won thanks to a 119th-minute goal from Arsenal forward Chloe Kelly.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
Bally’s navigated a one-month demolition stoppage in December after construction debris from the remnants of the Freedom Center, once the largest newspaper printing plant in North America, spilled into the river.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for stoppage
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“Stoppage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoppage. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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stoppage
noun
stop·page
ˈstäp-ij 
: the act of stopping : the state of being stopped
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