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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Consider planning dates that fit into your schedule, like a lunch break or happy hour after work.
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Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
During that day’s lunch break, Steel learned about the meeting which had allegedly taken place that morning.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
The jury is on a lunch break until 1 p.m.
A key sticking point in this case is that the prosecution has no physical evidence that places Jackson-Bolanos inside Woll's condo, where police say she was stabbed to death in the early morning hours of Oct. 21, 2023.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2024
After a lunch break, Brown’s students reconvene at Eagle Sports Range, at the southern end of Cook County.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
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Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
During that day’s lunch break, Steel learned about the meeting which had allegedly taken place that morning.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
The jury is on a lunch break until 1 p.m.
A key sticking point in this case is that the prosecution has no physical evidence that places Jackson-Bolanos inside Woll's condo, where police say she was stabbed to death in the early morning hours of Oct. 21, 2023.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2024
After a lunch break, Brown’s students reconvene at Eagle Sports Range, at the southern end of Cook County.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Lunch break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20break. Accessed 22 Sep. 2024.
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