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Recent Examples of lunch
Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
School-lunch standards were improved, and more children were made eligible for free meals.
—Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
The group lunched at Mount Ceder, watching a herd of goats frolic in the heat in their pastoral landscape that led to massive, slanted steeps in the distance.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Chef Rodrigo Cárdenas and his team scoured coastal restaurants from the Pacific to the Gulf for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch menus featuring everything from sea bass tempura fish tacos and a variety of ceviches to lobster, snapper and shrimp.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
School-lunch standards were improved, and more children were made eligible for free meals.
—Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
Facing widespread accusations of election fraud, the regime lunched an unprecedented wave of violent crackdowns that landed more than 2,000 people in prison, including opposition politicians, human rights activists and journalists.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
The group lunched at Mount Ceder, watching a herd of goats frolic in the heat in their pastoral landscape that led to massive, slanted steeps in the distance.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch
Noun
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Nancy Guthrie had dinner with her daughter Annie and son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, on Saturday evening, Nanos told The New York Times.—
Adam Sabes , Michael Ruiz , Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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She was dropped off at home by in Catalina Foothills just north of Tucson by her family after having dinner with them.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Since there wasn’t a turret meeting last night, Lisa, Candiace, and Rob are first to breakfast the next morning to give them a chance to debrief (and for Lisa to yell at Rob for voting against her).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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One of my favorite things to do each morning was pedal to breakfast in the shade of giant palm trees with the smell of flowering hibiscus all around.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 Jan. 2026
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This supper comes together in under an hour and is great to serve with rice or mashed potatoes for scooping up all of the extra gravy.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
9 Feb. 2026
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The other stuck with the crisp, supper-club-esque salad with a kicky vinaigrette.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But perhaps even more importantly, chocolate chips should taste delicious to snack on throughout the baking process.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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According to one source, Buffalo chicken dip is the most popular Super Bowl snack in 31 states.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Additional funds are raised through holiday and spring luncheons, a pickleball tournament, and sales at the consignment shop on El Tordo, now headed up by TCF Executive Director Suzanne Newman and staffed by volunteers.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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By the time Melania arrives at the Inaugural festivities, the film has given itself over to a series of rituals (the candlelight dinner, the Inaugural itself, the luncheon, the Starlight Ball), which feels weirdly fitting since the filmmaking itself is so ritualized.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Highlights in the exhibition will include a recreation of Nigo’s teenage bedroom, rare and early-era Bape designs, ceramics hand-thrown by the designer himself, and a life-size glass tea house made for the exhibition, to name a few.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Over a 48-hour process, the duck is brined in tea, then smoked and dried.—
Sarah Blaskovich,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There was even a self-serve buffet of wedges to sample that was reminiscent of a grocery store salad bar.—
Katherine Polcari,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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The dinner-dance includes a buffet, DJ, and a photo booth.—
Holly Andres,
Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Lunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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