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Such a play can occur quite early in the game. In expert play there are some yose plays that are taken before the middlegame phase of unlimited fighting has subsided. In novice play there are often, for quite different reasons, endgame plays that are relatively small taken, when it would be more profitable to use the initiative for a play with broader implications.
Oyose, or large yose, is another term often used in English language literature. It can be used for a yose that is large enough to be hard enough to count with precision (say, 20 points or more). It is also used to label the phase of the game (the early endgame) immediately after middlegame combat that could have resulted in large groups dying has subsided; in which the typical yose plays are substantial plays that were neglected because of the very pressing nature of the struggle.