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break

[breyk] / breɪk /










VERB
better a performance
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




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He is excited to join the dynamic Fast Break team at The Times today.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Another one of his tattoos is from another television series, Prison Break - and he is still waiting to feel the freedom to perform and for his talent to truly break out.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

“Big Market Break Is Laid to ‘Wolf,’ ” the Atlanta Constitution wrote on Oct.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

By 31 he had written “Ulysses,” “Morte d’Arthur,” “Break, Break, Break” and the visionary “Locksley Hall,” which Mr. Holmes rightly places in the science-fiction tradition of Jules Verne and H.G.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

“What do you want me to do? Scale that tree? Break a window?”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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