spring break
noun
US
: a vacation from classes at a school usually for a week in the spring
especially
: such a vacation at a college or university
Many students go to Florida for spring break.
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While college should be a time of parties, spring break trips, challenging classes, and new relationships, today's young adults are increasingly confronted with something far more sobering: the death of their peers.
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Charell G. Coleman, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Zoe Price, 20, who was back home in L.A. while on college spring break, visited Couplet with her mother for the first time.
—Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Thorne, 27, will star in the film alongside Ariel Martin, Grace Van Dien and True Whitaker, as a new group of young women who embark on a spring break to remember.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 14 May 2025
The date April 22 was chosen to fall when college students weren't on spring break or taking final exams.
—Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Charell G. Coleman, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Zoe Price, 20, who was back home in L.A. while on college spring break, visited Couplet with her mother for the first time.
—Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Thorne, 27, will star in the film alongside Ariel Martin, Grace Van Dien and True Whitaker, as a new group of young women who embark on a spring break to remember.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 14 May 2025
The date April 22 was chosen to fall when college students weren't on spring break or taking final exams.
—Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Spring break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20break. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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