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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The surprising way Fox News' Dana Perino takes her lunch break.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Your mom can conveniently power up while driving to the gym or taking her lunch break.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 17 Apr. 2025
Mainland China lacked strong catalysts, though, at day’s end, China ETFs favored by the National Team experienced high volumes going into the lunch break and very high volumes into the market close.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Sun Sentinel Florida man executed for killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on her lunch break
A man convicted of killing a woman who was carjacked on her lunch break from her job at The Miami Herald was executed on Tuesday evening.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Your mom can conveniently power up while driving to the gym or taking her lunch break.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 17 Apr. 2025
Mainland China lacked strong catalysts, though, at day’s end, China ETFs favored by the National Team experienced high volumes going into the lunch break and very high volumes into the market close.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Sun Sentinel Florida man executed for killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on her lunch break
A man convicted of killing a woman who was carjacked on her lunch break from her job at The Miami Herald was executed on Tuesday evening.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Lunch break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20break. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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