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breakfast

[brek-fuhst] / ˈbrɛk fəst /
NOUN
first meal of the day
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In the 1920s, bacon and eggs became a popular breakfast duo, in part thanks to a public relations blitz enacted on behalf of Beech-Nut sliced bacon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

They usually have a line and a wait too, but this day there wasn’t and the breakfast buffet was really popping off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Efforts to win over new and lapsed loyalty members with digital offers — such as a $2 breakfast sandwich, and free fries with a $1 minimum purchase — helped attract more customers.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

"Keep in mind that we used the actual start time listed for each school, and a lot of schools offer breakfast or other things before school, so the kids could be getting there even earlier."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

So after a breakfast bowl of berries, Duane was out of his cave, following where his curiosity led.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

"I have weekly breakfasts, we have a tent at events like agricultural fairs," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The feds operate more than a dozen food assistance programs, which provide grocery money for new parents and their toddlers, as well as free school breakfasts and lunches for lower-income children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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

People may still be waiting for a result while tucking into their breakfasts, rather than waking up to find out who has won.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The church served free breakfasts and gave away bags of food to poor people.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

We had breakfasted there a little while ago.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2016

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

Gebu had not yet breakfasted and Ranofer decided not to wait for him.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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

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

The disorder left by the breakfasting bears had been cleared away.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander


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