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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Sitting down for a lunch break during production of NBC's new spinoff legal drama, Suits LA, star Bryan Greenberg chatted with PEOPLE for One Last Thing.
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Julie Jordan, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Yet Kaufman navigates this terrain three or four days a week during the winter, often on his lunch break or before work.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Dec. 2024
What about a cold one in giant schooner on your lunch break?
—Miami Herald Archive, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
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Julie Jordan, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Yet Kaufman navigates this terrain three or four days a week during the winter, often on his lunch break or before work.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Dec. 2024
What about a cold one in giant schooner on your lunch break?
—Miami Herald Archive, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
Read Next National 21-year-old attacks postal worker on her lunch break, feds say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lunch break
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“Lunch break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20break. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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