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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What hospital administrators don’t understand, especially when units are so short staffed, is that most nurses barely get a bathroom break, let alone two, 15-minute breaks and an uninterrupted 30-minute lunch break.
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Tracy Briggs, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2024
Turquoise Lake is the perfect place for a peaceful lunch break.
—James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
Police say that Merrill opened fire on Thursday afternoon after the victim came back from a lunch break.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2024
On her lunch break, Adkins went outside and saw water accumulating in the parking lot.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Tracy Briggs, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2024
Turquoise Lake is the perfect place for a peaceful lunch break.
—James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
Police say that Merrill opened fire on Thursday afternoon after the victim came back from a lunch break.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2024
On her lunch break, Adkins went outside and saw water accumulating in the parking lot.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Lunch break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20break. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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