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refreshment

[ri-fresh-muhnt] / rɪˈfrɛʃ mənt /
NOUN
small amount of food or drink
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Bowles said in offices where the company struggled to retain workers postmerger, it added perks like refreshment fridges, with soft drinks, sparkling water and healthy snacks like fruit and cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Few breakfasts and refreshment breaks didn’t include someone squeezing a cylinder of icy concentrate into a pitcher, adding water and stirring until it became a drinkable delight.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

Currently making up only 3% of refreshment beverage volumes, the group still has plenty of room to run.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

But the weekend gathering wasn’t all hand-wringing and liquid refreshment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

Following light refreshment, we were asked to form a queue leading back through the passage to the newly appointed philo- sophical apartments.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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