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breakfast

[brek-fuhst] / ˈbrɛk fəst /
NOUN
first meal of the day
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She became involved with the team behind the new ITV breakfast programme, TV-am, but dropped out before it went to air in 1983 so that she could remain at the BBC.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

On top of those savings, I’ll get a lineup of extras at check in, including daily breakfast for two, a $100 resort credit and early check in/late check out if available.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

And I’ll get a decadent free breakfast, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The kitchen comes complete with an island, breakfast bar, walk-in pantry, and butler’s pantry, while hardwood and stone flooring can be found throughout much of the main level.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Mr. Weiss and Mr. Gibson gave a five-course breakfast for my family and me.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Lyne hosted breakfasts for women working in New York’s technology sector, informal gatherings that grew, in a matter of months, from fewer than a dozen people to more than 100 attendees, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Edinburgh became the first city there to introduce the tax in July, with those staying overnight in hotels, bed and breakfasts and self-catering accommodation charged an additional 5% on top of their original booking cost.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Almost as soon as I had a kitchen of my own, I started making stupidly elaborate breakfasts for overnight guests and baking for community fundraisers.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

“It’s a place to help veterans work through the VA, to help veterans job source, to help veterans come together for Taco Tuesdays and breakfasts and dinners,” Chandler says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

On solid ground, away from the ship-motioned vehicle and the smell of hands coated with recent breakfasts, I regained my balance and waited for the next trolley.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

And yet, like many New Yorkers, I’ve breakfasted all my life on buttered rolls, wrapped in plastic, foil or wax paper and sold for about a dollar at any corner deli, bodega or coffee cart.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2017

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

Administrations, breakfasted with editors, huddled with American nuclear experts, and briefed the Times editorial board.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2015

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

Far back behind them stood the high place where they had breakfasted.

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

An apocryphal story has George Washington breakfasting with Thomas Jefferson and referring to the Senate as a saucer intended to cool the passions of the intemperate lower chamber.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025

A study published last week in “Communications Engineering” details a breakthrough in egg science that, if widely adopted, could alter the course of human breakfasting forever.

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2025

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

The plans he rearranged to come here weren’t just sleeping late or breakfasting with friends.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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