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breakfast

[brek-fuhst] / ˈbrɛk fəst /
NOUN
first meal of the day
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Francesca says she eats bread with Nutella for breakfast, a chocolate-filled sponge cake as a snack, pasta with lentils for lunch and usually chicken for dinner.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Prosecutors said Alexander Soofer falsified invoices claiming he was serving fresh meals to residents while actually serving breakfast bars and microwavable ramen noodles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

One box also creates the kind of abundance that makes brunch feel distinct from breakfast.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

"Let's hope things get better," he said, warning that those who enjoy eating a hearty breakfast will have to reduce their intake.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

“She couldn’t keep her breakfast down,” I betrayed.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

If approved, the state would have a constitutional mandate to provide free lunches and breakfasts for all K-12 public school students.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

Customers ordered full English breakfasts and Guinnesses and sang national anthems.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Many people are reconsidering their Caesar salad lunches and berry breakfasts as cases of cyclosporiasis, the explosive-diarrhea illness, continue to rise in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

These aren’t difficult or unpalatable breakfasts, but simply different — and nutritious — ones.

From MarketWatch Jun. 21, 2026

I’d have to skip three breakfasts for that.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Hazzard said the baboons were “well and resting” after their foiled escape attempt and had breakfasted on bananas, capsicum, apple and bread.

From The Guardian Feb. 26, 2020

In the morning, congratulating myself on not having used the emergency phone, I breakfasted on cloudberry doughnuts and homemade dried reindeer.

From The New Yorker Apr. 22, 2019

Mitt Romney in 2012 famously declared in Mississippi that he'd just breakfasted on "a biscuit and some cheesy grits" — drawing groans from a crowd who knew he meant cheese grits.

From US News Feb. 19, 2016

The well-heeled passengers breakfasted on smoked salmon and pastries, then boarded an air-conditioned Cuban government bus for a day of touring the city.

From Washington Times Aug. 7, 2015

They breakfasted now off the remainder of Tom’s provisions, meant for their supper, with additions that Tom had brought with him.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Clients include breakfasting Qataris, construction and security guards off overnight shifts and, this week, tourists in soccer jerseys descending on the country, where foreigners, mostly migrant workers, form the bulk of the 3 million population.

From Reuters Nov. 24, 2022

In the future, you could be breakfasting on false banana or snacking on pandanus tree fruit.

From BBC May 21, 2022

Bonus: This quirk makes stollen the ideal make-ahead treat for all your holiday gifting, breakfasting, and last-minute company needs.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2021

Wipe with vinegar: Prep the kitchen and pantry for early breakfasting and quick lunch packing.

From Washington Post Aug. 9, 2021

For a Depression-era teenager accustomed to breakfasting on stale bread and milk, and who had eaten in a restaurant only twice in his life, the Manhattan was paradise.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




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