Thesaurus results for TIME-OUTS

time-outs

noun

plural of time-out

as in winters

a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness we need to take a time-out from our relationship to think things over

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Recent Examples of time-outs Both of these non-sung time-outs are astonishingly good. — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2026 Run opposing guards into the ground, step on the gas harder, and force your opponents into spending catch-your-breath time-outs. — Brian Robin, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Changes in rain and snowfall could lead to more seasons like the ones before the 2025 Eaton and Palisades fires, during which unusually wet winters fueled lots of green plant growth that then became tinder dry over eight months without rain.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Where winters are mild, Crumbley also lists watering and weeding as important measures to keep the garden healthy.

— Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of winters

Noun

Beyond the breaks stood forests of giant kelp, each capable of growing as much as 50 centimeters a day.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Some kids come into this life and catch all the breaks and start making money and going places and radiating confidence and functionality and the world opens right up to them.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of breaks

Noun

The rapper blazed through an eight-song set in 18 minutes, taking only brief pauses to shout out her backing musicians and, at one point, remark on the lack of Maryland crab cakes in her rider.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
Nicole Durkin pauses while talking about her son Michael, 16, at her home in Valparaiso, Indiana, Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

— Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of pauses

Noun

Unemployment claims fell to 194,000 last week, the fewest in three months and another sign that layoffs remain low and most Americans enjoy extraordinary job security.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Goldman Sachs thinks the layoffs are waiting for a recession.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of layoffs

Noun

These trends often materialize in batch changeovers, supplier changes, line downtimes and traceability challenges.

— Ihor Yurchenko, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The average response time for phone calls dropped to 6 minutes from 30 minutes in the prior fiscal year; field office wait times decreased to 23 minutes; and removal of online service downtimes has benefited an additional 125,000 users in a single week, according to the agency's findings.

— Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025

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