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before lunch

NOUN
morning
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dawn
STRONG
AM aurora cockcrow daybreak daylight dayspring forenoon morn morrow prime sunrise sunup
WEAK
after midnight ante meridiem before noon break of day breakfast time crack of dawn early bright first blush foreday morningtide wee hours
Antonyms
STRONG
darkness sunset

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This is a patch you can install before lunch.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Fund managers lose more money than that on trading commissions before lunch.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025

Noman returned figures of 6-112 for his ninth haul of five wickets or more in Tests as South Africa lost their last four wickets for 53 runs an hour before lunch, having resumed on 216-6.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

Overton got the breakthrough shortly before lunch, with Deep caught in the covers for 66, and Atkinson's wicket of Gill saw hopes of a fightback glimmer.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

A week in, he was sitting in class when there was a knock on the door just before lunch.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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