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as in infringements
a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation
the president's deliberate misstatements were widely seen as a breach of the public trust
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as in offences
a breaking of a moral or legal code
cheating on the exam was a serious breach of the military academy's honor code
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as in gaps
an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
the cat got out of the yard through a breach in the hedge
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as in violates
to fail to keep
a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract
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Recent Examples of breaches
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Police often patrol the area to ensure no one breaches the perimeter wall.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Data breaches have been around for years.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Data breaches are rarely the result of hackers breaking an encryption but rather finding some other weak link in the security chain.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
The webinar teaches you how to safeguard your identity, legal rights, and financial well-being from data breaches, identity theft, and fraud.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
In the background, there continues to be the looming dark shadow of possible sanctions for charges of profit and sustainability rule (PSR) breaches from previous seasons.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
What Happens Next Human error was mostly to blame for these frequent cybersecurity breaches, the report found.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Nothing so much as a heated theological debate breaches the Brotherhood’s temperate cultural climes.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
By rule, the ball does not have to touch a fan who breaches the field of play.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
Next, see if your email has been exposed in past breaches.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Police often patrol the area to ensure no one breaches the perimeter wall.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Data breaches have been around for years.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Data breaches are rarely the result of hackers breaking an encryption but rather finding some other weak link in the security chain.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
The webinar teaches you how to safeguard your identity, legal rights, and financial well-being from data breaches, identity theft, and fraud.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
In the background, there continues to be the looming dark shadow of possible sanctions for charges of profit and sustainability rule (PSR) breaches from previous seasons.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
What Happens Next Human error was mostly to blame for these frequent cybersecurity breaches, the report found.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
The difference, Tillmon said, is that whereas law enforcement is more responsive in nature, violence interrupters act before a situation breaches a level of crime.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Nothing so much as a heated theological debate breaches the Brotherhood’s temperate cultural climes.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
By rule, the ball does not have to touch a fan who breaches the field of play.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaches
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Under copyright law, rights holders can sue and obtain statutory damages for infringements, regardless of the opt-out policy.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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In addition to the aforementioned pop stars, John Legend, Barbra Streisand, Janelle Monae, Bonnie Raitt, Finneas, Maggie Rogers and Patti LuPone have also joined the cause, which aims to call out and stand against infringements on free speech.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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Funding cliff The children wasting away, day by day, don’t have time to wait for funding gaps to be filled.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its building blocks from plunging into the sun, a new study finds.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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The committee voted to ask Attorney General Josh Kaul to opine on whether grooming falls under the statute related to immoral conduct, which allows DPI to revoke a license if an educator violates it.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Critics, including legal scholars and lawmakers, argue the campaign violates international law by targeting civilians without due process.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Questions over gambling machines reached state Supreme Court Local police can enforce violations in certain circumstances, including at grocery stores and gas stations.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The New Brunswick house also possessed a history of building code violations and officials have since declared the building to be an unsafe structure, according to NJ Advance Media.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Nelson, author of 2021’s Boys Enter the House, talked to the friends and family of the victims, as well as some who’d survived Gacy’s crimes, going even deeper on the victims’ stories.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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Today, much of the building sits empty in north Charlotte, and local teenagers charged with crimes are sent to a state juvenile facility in Cabarrus County.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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Once written, the script’s fantastic promise distracted its readers from the fatal holes in its plot.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Plus, the storage area has ventilation holes to keep items from becoming musty.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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In the end, Morgan breaks it off at their engagement party.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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The schedule breaks favorably going forward.—
Dana O'Neil,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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This generalized recognition of our nation’s foundational sins is certainly welcome, it’s just not geared toward a particular point.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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And my mom used to say, your sins will find you out.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Breaches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaches. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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