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hiatus
1 a: a break in or as if in a material object : gap <the hiatus between the theory and the practice of the party
— J. G. Colton> b: a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ2 a: an interruption in time or continuity : break
; especially : a period when something (as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted <after a 5-year hiatus from writing> b: the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound
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