lunch break
noun
: the time when a person stops working or studying to have lunch
had to run errands during his lunch break
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Dymond Edwards, who was working from home at the time, rushed to collect her 5-year-old during her lunch break due to complaints of a stomach ache.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
By a few minutes after noon, the National Security Council workers, who deal with crises around the world, were drifting out of their offices on a lunch break from which many would not return.
—Michael Crowley, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Someone left the two puppies in front of the shelter’s door while workers were on a lunch break, according to social media posts.
—Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
The restaurant is in the heart of St. John and inside the green and yellow cupboard house, there are a few plastic tables and chairs, usually occupied by locals on their lunch break.
—Mariette Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2024
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
By a few minutes after noon, the National Security Council workers, who deal with crises around the world, were drifting out of their offices on a lunch break from which many would not return.
—Michael Crowley, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Someone left the two puppies in front of the shelter’s door while workers were on a lunch break, according to social media posts.
—Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
The restaurant is in the heart of St. John and inside the green and yellow cupboard house, there are a few plastic tables and chairs, usually occupied by locals on their lunch break.
—Mariette Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Lunch break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20break. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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