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• n  a state of abeyance or suspended business
• n  a small concavity
• n  an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
• n  an enclosure that is set back or indented
• n  a pause from doing something (as work)
• v  put into a recess
  recess lights
• v  make a recess in
  recess the piece of wood
• v  close at the end of a session

• The punt on health care reform comes so soon before the August recess because completing the legislative push was beginning to prove impossible before the recess.
• Members strike agreement with party leaders to hold off on a full House vote on health care until after August recess.
• The school has forbidden tag--as well as touch football and all other "chase" games--during recess, a move that made national headlines.

• deferral
• recession
• niche
• corner
• inlet
• respite
• break
• time out
• adjourn
• break up

News & Articles

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• Otis Taylor’s Picks of the Week
  Southeastern Piano Festival, Recess Fest, Palmetto Idol, Coma Cinema, Angelus
  June 14, 2013 - The State
• Birmingham man faces mandatory life without parole sentence for heroin trafficking
  Charles Askew Williams faces serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in a state prison when he is sentenced in August for his conviction for trafficking a large amount of heroin. He is the brother of a man who killed himself in during the recess of an unrelated trial in Walker County in February.
  June 14, 2013 - Birmingham News
• X-Block to be cut from SHS schedule
  More than half of the high school’s disciplinary problems happen during the “glorified recess,” administrators say.
  June 14, 2013 - The Westerly Sun

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Foreign Policy (blog)
  As if shoving a trillion-dollar government takeover of health care down the throat of a disapproving American public wasn't enough, apparently the Obama administration intends to arrogantly circumvent the American people yet again by recess... Mitch McConnell http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEZA1ca3PJ7nNpSJFQIuI8CQ4eMWw CNN http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/07/obama.recess.appointment/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGvsbwpx_ILjITKfgpbrlIYZJBQUg Jul 7, 2010 81050 108923 recess It's unfortunate that at a time when our nation is facing enormous challenges, many in Congress have decided to delay critical nominations for political purposes," Obama said in his statement announcing the appointments. "These recess...
• John Paul Stevens in Montreal Gazette
  I shall retire from regular active service as an associate justice ...... effective the next day after the court rises for the summer recess this year,Stevens wrote in a letter to Obama.