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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Jury excused for lunch break in Combs' trial, proceedings to resume at 1:15 p.m.
The jury in the ongoing trial of Sean Combs was excused for its first lunch break.
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Amanda Castro
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
If no pope is elected the cardinals take a lengthy lunch break.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 9 May 2025
If your staff wouldn't gladly go through your onboarding process on their lunch break, neither will your customers.
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—Sal Rehmetullah, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
The abduction and murder of Janet Acosta Governor DeSantis signed Tanzi's death warrant last month for strangling Acosta, a 25-year employee at the Miami Herald, after abducting her during her lunch break at the Japanese Garden on Watson Island, court records show.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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Amanda Castro
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
If no pope is elected the cardinals take a lengthy lunch break.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 9 May 2025
If your staff wouldn't gladly go through your onboarding process on their lunch break, neither will your customers.
4.
—Sal Rehmetullah, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
The abduction and murder of Janet Acosta Governor DeSantis signed Tanzi's death warrant last month for strangling Acosta, a 25-year employee at the Miami Herald, after abducting her during her lunch break at the Japanese Garden on Watson Island, court records show.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Lunch break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20break. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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