commercial break
noun
: the time when advertisements are broadcast during a radio or television program
We'll be back after the commercial break.
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Jelly Roll, stunned, said that the show was going to take a commercial break.
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
Lee recalls discovering Fong in the mid-2000s during a commercial break on TV.
—Faye Bradley, Variety, 4 July 2025
As the show cut to a commercial break, the two continued debating just how hygienic Banks' antics are.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 29 July 2025
Coming out of commercial break, Rey Fenix singlehandedly got this crowd into this match with an insane Lucha Libre comeback.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
Lee recalls discovering Fong in the mid-2000s during a commercial break on TV.
—Faye Bradley, Variety, 4 July 2025
As the show cut to a commercial break, the two continued debating just how hygienic Banks' antics are.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 29 July 2025
Coming out of commercial break, Rey Fenix singlehandedly got this crowd into this match with an insane Lucha Libre comeback.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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“Commercial break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercial%20break. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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