lunch hour
noun
: the time when the people in a school or company eat lunch
He often worked through his lunch hour.
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Forget a lunch hour; Dr. Robby can’t reliably take a bathroom break without being interrupted by a code red.
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
If a kid is acting out because he is being bullied, for example, the team might switch his lunch hour to separate him from the bully or help mediate a better relationship between the students.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 8 Feb. 2025
No, this one will be good for a lunch hour of climbing mountains like an ibex or traipsing through the jungle.
—New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
During the lunch hour this afternoon, patrons at Kimmy’s Deli, a sister site where Perez also worked, offered condolences to her co-workers.
—NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
If a kid is acting out because he is being bullied, for example, the team might switch his lunch hour to separate him from the bully or help mediate a better relationship between the students.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 8 Feb. 2025
No, this one will be good for a lunch hour of climbing mountains like an ibex or traipsing through the jungle.
—New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
During the lunch hour this afternoon, patrons at Kimmy’s Deli, a sister site where Perez also worked, offered condolences to her co-workers.
—NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lunch hour
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“Lunch hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20hour. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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