PAUSING Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

pausing

verb

present participle of pause

as in hesitating

to come to a temporary halt in one's activity he paused for a moment to regain his composure

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Recent Examples of pausing The pushback against data centers continues to spread across the Bay Area and across the country, with San Francisco and Oakland joining others in pausing their development. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 On Friday, the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Senate Republican leadership, began a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign in Kansas to support Marshall while pausing additional spending in North Carolina, Semafor reported. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Production is pausing on the Warner Bros and DC Studios pic The Batman Part II due to director Matt Reeves stepping away for personal reasons. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 Senate Republicans’ top super PAC is making a tactical change, pausing its ad campaign in North Carolina’s Senate race and launching a new one in Kansas. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Further Possibilities Hiding in an oak tree, pausing in a middle school hallway on crutches, discovering guanacos at the Syracuse Zoo. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 Hilton said his goal was safety, protecting jobs and pausing the use of AI in the classroom. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026 In real-life conversation, though, pausing to read a few sentences’ worth of context can really kill the social dynamic. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 After lingering over spaghetti alle vongole at Ristorante Lido Azzurro, which hovers over the sea near Amalfi’s harbor, zip around the coast to sea caverns and grottos, pausing for dips in secluded spots away from the crowds. — Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pausing

hesitating

Verb

But experts have worried that doctors are hesitating to offer treatment without an ironclad diagnosis, which clinicians say can take time and increase risks to the mother.

— Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2026
Fertilizer is often bought months ahead of planting, so hesitating in the fall can mean less goes on the ground in the spring.

— Jayash Paudel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026