: the act of stopping : the state of being stopped : halt, obstruction
a stoppage in play
Examples of stoppage in a Sentence
The penalty caused a stoppage in play. There have been more than 10 minutes in stoppages. 10 minutes of stoppage time
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Balls were crossed into the box and Burnley tried to get up the pitch, winning a corner in the last minute of stoppage time. —
Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026 Lingr was shown a straight red card in the seventh minute of stoppage time. —Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026 The Iran war has led to a virtual stoppage in ships traversing the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, constraining the flow of global energy supplies. —Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 Lingr was shown a straight red card in the seventh minute of stoppage time. —ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stoppage
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Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026 Lingr was shown a straight red card in the seventh minute of stoppage time. —Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026 The Iran war has led to a virtual stoppage in ships traversing the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, constraining the flow of global energy supplies. —Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 Lingr was shown a straight red card in the seventh minute of stoppage time. —ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stoppage
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“Stoppage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/stoppage. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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stoppage
noun
stop·page ˈstäp-ij 
: the act of stopping : the state of being stopped
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