as in dinner
the first meal of the day
a big/good/hearty breakfast
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Recent Examples of breakfast
Jaclyn Greenberg,
Parents,
29 June 2026
Corey has made Melanie a special breakfast picnic in one of the villa’s little sand pits.
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Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
Kate Williams,
AJC.com,
10 June 2026
Since then, Matthew has driven her to breakfast every Friday without hesitation.
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Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
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Noun
Grab a hearty breakfast of pancakes and eggs at the popular Jeannie’s Great Maine Breakfast.
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Jaclyn Greenberg,
Parents,
29 June 2026
Corey has made Melanie a special breakfast picnic in one of the villa’s little sand pits.
—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
Verb
Find creative coffee drinks spiked with homemade syrups, pastries and breakfast burritos on the menu.
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Kate Williams,
AJC.com,
10 June 2026
Since then, Matthew has driven her to breakfast every Friday without hesitation.
—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breakfast
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Yvonne and Nick’s disastrous wedding dinner is the day the cast went from nobodies to actual practitioners of the reality-television arts and sciences.
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Without it, the experience risks drifting into the broad category of pretty resort dinner.
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Ladies who lunch at The George cross paths with ladies who launch (startups, that is), men in smart suits are occasionally gala-bound, and creatives on laptops greet locals stopping in for a drink or afternoon tea under the ornate ceilings.
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This isn't traditional ladies who lunch.
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The price includes endless amounts of meats, salad bars and buffet sides but not any extra drinks or desserts.
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The buffet restaurant's food safety grade was therefore not affected, Lee-Thompson told the NZ Herald.
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Potato skins are always a hit, and these mini ones are perfect to snack on.
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Visitors can also snack on the sweetest offerings in the entire park in this section, where the Goofy Goobers ice cream shop includes a life-size recreation of the notable SpongeBob franchise treat, the Triple Gooberberry Sunrise sundae.
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Easier than tomato pie, this drop biscuit-style savory cobbler makes a comforting summer supper.
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The property is steps from the lush Boston Common, chef Jamie Bissonnette’s lauded home-style Korean restaurant Somaek, and Yvonne’s for supper-club-meets-speakeasy energy.
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Councilmember John Lee offered a similar argument, reading from a warning posted on the elections website in San Francisco, which allows noncitizens to vote in school board elections.
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Adopting and enforcing community rules is an important board responsibility.
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SparkHouse’s cafe and bar is open to the public and sells tea, coffee (try the honey matcha latte), wine, beer cocktails and small bites.
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One server, who poured both me and himself a shot of the clear liquid one evening, shared that his yia yia lived to be 100 by drinking raki with her mountain tea each morning, before heading to the olive grove to work.
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This same three-tablespoon serving of hemp seeds will also give you about 9-10 grams of protein, healthy fats like omega-3s, and fiber, Manaker said.
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Additionally, cucumbers and zucchinis are very low in carbs, containing less than 4 grams of carbs per 100-gram serving.
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“Breakfast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breakfast. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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