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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Back for the first time since the school’s spring break, teachers at the high school spent much of the following Monday offering support and counseling to students, while neighbors in the Salem Walk Apartments described Bova as caring and warm. Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026 Columbia Heights Public Schools, like many other districts, offered virtual learning for children who remained at home during the crackdown, but online schooling ended after spring break, and with many back in class, the staff has been focused on their recovery. Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 One of the toughest sacrifices was that the family could not afford to pay for Heaven to come home from college during spring break, because the round-trip bus ticket would have been close to $300. Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 8 June 2026 California and Arizona are slated to come online before spring break 2027. Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for spring break

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“Spring break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20break. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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