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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Shortly after the court came back from its lunch break, the prosecution called for an autopsy technician who worked on the autopsy of Waddell to testify. —James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2024

The probable cause statement at first alleged that Gutierrez-Reed had loaded the .45 prior to taking a lunch break on Oct. 21, stored it, and retrieved it after lunch before handing it off, without performing the necessary safety checks, to the first assistant director, David Halls. —Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2024

Matthews then excused everyone for a lunch break, then begged the jury pool not to discuss the case with anyone. —Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2024

On the seventh day of my joyful incarceration, Hafiz came to our living quarters during his school lunch break. —Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024

Kentucky law currently requires employers to give workers an unpaid lunch break in the middle of their shift. —Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2024

Read Next National 21-year-old attacks postal worker on her lunch break, feds say. —Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024

Speaking on her lunch break while filming a music video, RaiNao looks otherworldly with winged eyeliner and sparkling lime-green eyeshadow. —Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024

Even how to take an appropriate lunch break and make eye contact correctly is on the agenda, according to Resume Builder. —Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024