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Discover Ludwig"dead air" is a commonly used phrase in written English.
It usually refers to a moment of silence during a conversation or broadcast, and it can be used as a noun or an adjective. For example: The interviewer was taken aback by the candidate's response, and there was an awkward moment of dead air before they moved on to the next question.
Idiom
Dead air.
When there is a period of total silence, there is dead air.
Dictionary
dead air
noun
An unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which there is no sound; a similar interruption of a television broadcast in which there is neither sound nor a video signal.
synonyms
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More dead air.
There would be no dead air.
Ah – the dead air conundrum.
It never felt like dead air.
Cubic miles of dramatic dead air.
A lot of times it's dead air.
Sterling has dead air between almost every pitch.
That resolve hardened after a close brush with dead air.
Jiménez whistled, and there was a moment of dead air.
Brolin tries hard, but he can't fill the dead air.
Are they just filling dead air and time?
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