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as in violation
a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation
the president's deliberate misstatements were widely seen as a breach of the public trust
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as in crime
a breaking of a moral or legal code
cheating on the exam was a serious breach of the military academy's honor code
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as in gap
an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
the cat got out of the yard through a breach in the hedge
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as in to violate
to fail to keep
a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract
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Recent Examples of breach
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026
Next, see if your email has been exposed in past breaches.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Mensah, Duke insisted, breached his NIL deal by seeking a transfer to Miami.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Brown was transported to Wallingford Police Department headquarters where he was processed and charged with first-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026
Next, see if your email has been exposed in past breaches.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
Since then, the law has been changed to allow members to be expelled for breaching the Lords code of conduct, imprisonment or non-attendance.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Mensah, Duke insisted, breached his NIL deal by seeking a transfer to Miami.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breach
Noun
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However, the amnesty explicitly excludes those convicted or prosecuted for homicide, drug trafficking, corruption, grave human rights violations, crimes against humanity and war crimes.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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From a strategic standpoint, the danger lies less in any single violation than in their cumulative effect.—
Frederic Lemieux,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Foro Penal Vice President Gonzalo Himiob added that amnesty does not imply admission of guilt or responsibility for any crime.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The report found that half of the journalists detained were never charged with a crime and were held under Israel’s administrative detention system, which allows for suspects deemed a security risk to be held for six months and can be renewed indefinitely.—
Imad Isseid,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Policymakers globally are increasingly worried that the unequal adoption of AI risks widening income and development gaps between rich and poor countries.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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The scandal has exposed a gap in curling’s enforcement technology — handle sensors can’t detect contact with the granite body of the stone — and the sport’s governing body has yet to find a lasting solution, with the Olympics still underway.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Feb. 2026
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Trump originally accused the bank of trade libel and violating state and federal unfair and deceptive trade practices.—
Ken Sweet,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The repeal followed Congress’s zeroing out of penalties for violating Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) targets as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.—
Julian Torres,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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ByteDance’s activities are willful, and constitute direct and secondary copyright infringement.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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On Friday, Disney sent a cease and desist letter to ByteDance over the infringement of its IP.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Feb. 2026
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Once chewed up by the machine of expectation and found guilty of the eternal athletic sin of having too much talent too soon, Liu has since learned how to spit back rather than be spit out.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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According to Time and Date, palm leaves symbolize victory and joy among many Christians in the United States, as Jesus died on the cross for the sins of others.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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The day before, Bridgeman matched the tournament’s 54-hole scoring record of 194 set four years ago by Joaquin Niemann, who went on to shoot even par in the final round to win by two strokes at 19 under.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Another bunker on 17, turning a birdie hole into a par.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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An historic nor’easter pummeled the region on Monday — with one spot even breaking the snow record from the Blizzard of ’78 — as power crews work around the clock to try to restore electricity for hundreds of thousands.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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In some cases, such as Providence, Rhode Island and Islip, New York, the storm broke records for snowfall, according to records from the weather service and its parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Breach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breach. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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