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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

A current "refreshment area" will be approximately doubled to around 100 square metres, he said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025

We will walk a little and then go find us some refreshment, and eat and drink on the battlement, and survey the fair morning.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

She had to buy all refreshments, plug adaptors and WI-FI connections so she could work remotely in the airport because she had not made it home to get back for work.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

If workers walk off the job, soccer fans who paid thousands of dollars to attend the match might have a hard time getting refreshments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Outside on the rooftop, the crowd spills into smaller conversations over refreshments and city views.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

"I'm really happy that people have a place to do this," she told AFP between her table of refreshments and the green camping tent she shares with her mother, stepbrother, and his mother.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

Then, Tuesday night in every Muslim temple is Unity Night, where the brothers and sisters enjoy each other’s conversational company and refreshments, such as cookies and sweet and sour fruit punches.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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