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break

[breyk] / breɪk /










VERB
better a performance
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




Example Sentences

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Even when they work in good faith, credibility has already broken down.

From MarketWatch

What they won’t tell you is that every year you spend climbing someone else’s ladder is a year you lose the exponential benefits of being young, broke and underestimated.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bennett is reported to have approached the computer scientist as they were swimming during a break to suggest the idea of developing a banknote that could never be forged.

From BBC

Fishers in Thailand benefit from tax-exempt diesel, known as "green oil", which cost less than 20 baht per litre before the war in the Middle East broke out on February 28.

From Barron's

"I think this is the most serious thing to break in the Premier League for a long time," Purslow said on The Football Boardroom, external podcast.

From BBC