as in interval
a break in continuity
there was a parenthesis of silence when the microphone momentarily lost power
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Recent Examples of parenthesis
As digital media reverse the cognitive detachment typical of print culture and retrieve the situational immersion typical of orality, not only is the Gutenberg Parenthesis closing, but the metaphor of a closing parenthesis — or arc — can be extended to the entire era of literacy.
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Big Think, 16 Nov. 2025
Records and Super Bowl chances appear in parentheses.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
The notes — about 30 rows of capital letters, numbers, dashes and parentheses broken into sections — baffled investigators.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
But not all peace is equal, and this strange, eventful history offers many reasons to suspect that the present peace with Iran will be a brief parenthesis in the long story of mutual enmity.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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Big Think, 16 Nov. 2025
Records and Super Bowl chances appear in parentheses.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
The notes — about 30 rows of capital letters, numbers, dashes and parentheses broken into sections — baffled investigators.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
But not all peace is equal, and this strange, eventful history offers many reasons to suspect that the present peace with Iran will be a brief parenthesis in the long story of mutual enmity.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parenthesis
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The trend continued in July (24 minutes to 8), and August (21 to 9), and in September, the interval dropped to an all-time low of 7 minutes, around half the delay registered a year earlier The SSA phone service worked far quicker while handling 65 million callers, 67% more than in FY 2024.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
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The current deal framework would cede sovereignty but lease the Diego Garcia base for 99 years, ban other nations from utilizing nearby islands without British consent, and open the door to negotiations prolonging the arrangement in 40-year intervals.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The interruption occurred just as the game got interesting.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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For zero-interruption power, the mtu Kinetic PowerPack provides a dynamic UPS solution using a high-speed flywheel instead of chemical batteries, ensuring instant response during grid failures.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Indie Memphis Film Festival is set to return in November after a one-year hiatus.—
Erin Munz,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
5 Feb. 2026
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Savannah will no longer be covering the Milan Olympics later this week and has taken a hiatus from hosting the Today show.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2026
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The pact with Washington, Oregon and four Native American tribes had allowed for a pause in the litigation.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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This week's talks in Abu Dhabi concluded without a major breakthrough but Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange 157 prisoners of war each, resuming such swaps after a five-month pause.—
Yuliia Dysa,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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Engineers have struggled to close the reaction gap between human perception and machine processing without sacrificing accuracy.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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There’s a dusty cloud surrounding the central, contracting star, and that cloud is strongly suspected to be disk-like, with outflows and gaps in the dust in the two directions perpendicular to the disk.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Parenthesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parenthesis. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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