HIATUS in a Sentence

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During the summer hiatus, many students try to earn enough money to pay their tuition for the next school year.

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 Meanings and Examples of HIATUS
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hiatus
 n.  gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause
Classic Sentence:
1  This crevice, the hiatus of a gulf of mire, was called a fontis, in the special tongue.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE ...
Example Sentence:
1  During the summer hiatus, many students try to earn enough money to pay their tuition for the next school year.
2  In 1948, the Olympics resumed with much rancour after the Second World War and a 12-year Olympic hiatus, said Bob Barney, who studies Olympic history at Western University.