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break

[breyk] / breɪk /










VERB
better a performance
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




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“Keeping busy,” the singer said — blond hair still spiky, upper lip temporarily unsnarled — at his home in the Hollywood Hills during a break from all the action.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

During that tournament he made a break of 153, the highest ever recorded in professional snooker.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The car-sized rover carried two tubes of a chemical called TMAH, which can break apart organic matter to see what it is made out of.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Recent monitoring found E. coli levels within standards for human contact, including near the break.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

I’d been putting this off, but next week was spring break and by April it would be too warm.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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