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Recent Examples of breakfast
Noun
In one moment on the morning of the 2023 Wimbledon final, Nick Kyrgios’ dad makes his son breakfast. Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025 Police said William managed to squeeze through the fence by himself as his parents slept, and went out to breakfast. Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
Passion is contagious After Mass on campus some days, former Loyola men’s basketball head coach Jim Whitesell would go to breakfast with his wife and Sister Jean. Elise Devlin, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 Others include a circle of friends, ala new age Big Chill (a great breakfast scene serves as homage) including Stephen (Sean Hayes) and Geoffrey (Scott Icenogle), who seem the happiest union in the bunch. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for breakfast
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breakfast
Noun
  • Home refrigerators offered modern freezer compartments, ready to fill with fish sticks, frozen waffles and TV dinners.
    Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That dinner was the essence of who Jack is as a person.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Today’s clients aren’t just heiresses and socialites—such as the archetypal ladies who lunched Nan Kempner and Lynn Wyatt—they’re young tech founders, wealthy aesthetes, and archivists.
    Chloe Russell Kent, Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The lifestyle influencer, 36, has been sharing content from her girls' vacation to Bali, where she's been lunching out, shopping and even getting matching tattoos with her friends.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Enjoy a buffet dinner from The Yellow Chili, wine, beer, music from Mehfil, a band celebrating Punjabi music through an American lens, and valet parking.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Find it at a casual affair or on the elegant Thanksgiving buffet.
    Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But snack hot spots such as CVS or liquor stores may have entire racks devoted to the category.
    Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • My mother-in-law serves cowboy candy every holiday over a block of cream cheese (think pepper jelly but with a tiny bit more heat), but some folks like to snack on them as is.
    Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In Ye Olden Times Scotland, Lovat sits at his supper table, still spiraling about how he was mocked and humiliated at the tynchal.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Shawnee Presbyterian Church hosts a free monthly Sunday supper to foster community fellowship.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On Monday, the 66-year-old paramedic was on board the medevac helicopter that crashed onto freeway lanes of Highway 50 in East Sacramento.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • After ProPublica and City Cast Las Vegas published their January story, both the CEO and the chairman of the LVCVA board criticized the reporting, arguing the project is well-regulated.
    Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If the early tea leaves are any indication, at least one member of the Charlotte Hornets could be poised for a noteworthy 2025-26 campaign.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The restaurant offers several high tea experiences, including its Queen of Hearts service that includes tea, scones, savories, and a dessert trio.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sardines are also an excellent source of B12 and selenium, with the same serving providing 343% of the DV for B12 and 88% for selenium.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Energy drinks generally have more caffeine in a single serving.
    Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Breakfast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breakfast. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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