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How to pronounce “hiatus”

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Pronunciation guide for hiatus

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of hiatus with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The US is back in the Paris Agreement. What’s next?After this four year hiatus,
Definition summary: A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

Example 1 of 8

The US is back in the Paris Agreement. What’s next?

After this four year hiatus,

[Noun]
A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
An interruption, break, pause or absence.
An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.
(geology) A gap in geological strata.
(anatomy) An opening in an organ.
(prosody, phonetics, sometimes uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant.

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