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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Even small changes, like adding a short walk to your lunch break or making efforts to include one more serving of vegetables at dinner, can cumulatively make a difference.
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 25 Feb. 2026
Trial began Tuesday, and the plaintiff rested its breach-of-contract case just before the lunch break Wednesday.
—Alexa Shrake, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
But in the upper grades of 9-12, cell phones may be used during the lunch break and briefly checked or used for essential communications during the six-minute passing period window between classes, according to the policy.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Idling along the road one day for a lunch break, Campos spied someone building houses.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 25 Feb. 2026
Trial began Tuesday, and the plaintiff rested its breach-of-contract case just before the lunch break Wednesday.
—Alexa Shrake, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
But in the upper grades of 9-12, cell phones may be used during the lunch break and briefly checked or used for essential communications during the six-minute passing period window between classes, according to the policy.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Idling along the road one day for a lunch break, Campos spied someone building houses.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
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“Lunch break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20break. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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