lunchtime
Example Sentences
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The lunchtime crowd — high schoolers, blue-collar types, the elderly — waited patiently for their orders.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Stocks briefly rose in the late morning on the IEA announcement, but those gains vanished by lunchtime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
The UK government is expected to publish the first wave of internal documents relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as British ambassador to the US on Wednesday lunchtime.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
But by the time lunchtime had arrived on the East Coast on Monday, U.S. stocks were in much better shape.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
At lunchtime, I clutch my brown bag, waiting near the door until the first rush of cafeteria noise dims: banging trays, ripping plastic, overtalking at too-crowded tables.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.