ENTR'ACTE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

entr'acte

noun

Definition of entr'acte

as in time lag

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Noun

Nelson Villoria, an agricultural economist at Kansas State University, said there can be a time lag between an El Niño and its effects on food prices.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
This medical inertia partly reflects the time lag involved in disseminating findings.

— Paula Span, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of time lag

Noun

The hotel is also working with union The Hotel & Gaming Trades Council to place the Plaza’s 378 staffers into new jobs for the interim of the restoration.

— Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
Its retrospective past tense of course could not have encompassed these very latest aesthetic and cultural features of late America, and in that interim the very past this timely book studies has already become a more foreign country.

— Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of interim

Noun

The window behind the shake mixers is missing a piece of trim.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Once the researchers accounted for this requirement, the window for a split narrowed considerably, potentially remaining open only for black holes spinning close to their maximum possible rate.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of window

Noun

Cheaper lift passes, shorter queues and fewer interruptions on the slopes also sweeten the deal, without compromising on skiing quality.

— Will Barker, TheWeek, 27 Oct. 2026
Still, questions have persisted about who ordered the interruptions to the satellite internet system that Kyiv has relied on for years to counter Moscow's attacks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of interruption

Noun

What follows is a heady mixture of grief, desire, fantasy, and dance, complete with elaborate musical interludes and a delirious homage to Dirty Dancing.

— Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
What might feel like a few seconds to the user is in actuality a long interlude of silent tapping.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of interlude

Noun

That rate hike should help cool off inflation by slowing the economy and eating away at demand, though such a policy move typically yields results after a lag time lasting several months.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
However, the actual performance for input lag is a little mixed.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of lag

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