free lunch
Example Sentences
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If they all received free lunch, that would come to a little over $25 billion, based on a 180-day school year.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
“There’s no free lunch, there’s no magic wand that makes all the problems go away,” said Fervo CEO Tim Latimer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
As Patti put it, "there is no free lunch" when it comes to sugar alternatives, and many metabolic pathways can ultimately lead back to liver dysfunction.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
To the extent investors care only about short-term returns, they therefore think that protecting the largest corporations is a free lunch.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025
That handful of compost was proof that when grass can eat sunlight and food animals can eat grass, there is indeed a free lunch.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
