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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Flustered, Hunt attempted to move on with the segment before ultimately deciding to segue into a commercial break.
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 9 May 2025
But the clip that aired on Face the Nation was within that broadcast, not during a commercial break.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Instead, there was free-flowing champagne and conversation, and best of all, none of it had to fit into an acceptance speech or commercial break.
—Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Reflecting on that night over Zoom, Moore says that during the commercial break right before the Best Actress announcement, she was hit with a premonition.
—Time, 16 Apr. 2025
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 9 May 2025
But the clip that aired on Face the Nation was within that broadcast, not during a commercial break.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Instead, there was free-flowing champagne and conversation, and best of all, none of it had to fit into an acceptance speech or commercial break.
—Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Reflecting on that night over Zoom, Moore says that during the commercial break right before the Best Actress announcement, she was hit with a premonition.
—Time, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Commercial break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercial%20break. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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