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The better phrase to use to refer to the 3 dots being used to indicate a pause in speech is Suspension point.

See Collins English Dictionaries:

Suspension point - mainly US one of a group of dots, usually three, used in written material to indicate the omission of a word or words. Compare ellipsis (sense 2)*.

* Ellipsis - Also called eclipsisomission of parts of a word or sentence printing a sequence of three dots (...) indicating an omission in text.

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