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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After a lunch break, Brown’s students reconvene at Eagle Sports Range, at the southern end of Cook County.
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Marin Cogan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
For now, the aerial devices will be used mostly for creating vertigo-inducing videos to stare at on your lunch break.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 July 2024
Gardner was shot to death in during the day January 26, 2023, while on his way to visit his young daughter on his work lunch break, according to the attorney general’s office.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
Off-island Locke was a low-level box company employee who played nerdy games on his lunch break.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 5 July 2024
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Marin Cogan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
For now, the aerial devices will be used mostly for creating vertigo-inducing videos to stare at on your lunch break.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 July 2024
Gardner was shot to death in during the day January 26, 2023, while on his way to visit his young daughter on his work lunch break, according to the attorney general’s office.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
Off-island Locke was a low-level box company employee who played nerdy games on his lunch break.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 5 July 2024
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“Lunch break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20break. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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