breather

Example Sentences

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Following back-to-back seasons of directing his own productions, Desai is taking a breather this go-around to focus on broader administrative duties.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

The stock prices have taken a breather in the past couple of months because there is a fear of peak capex as software becomes increasingly tokenized, and as labor becomes tokenized.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Markets remained volatile, but Treasury traders took a breather with yields little changed across the curve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Like Vesga, many workers are looking to take a breather from their job or to scale back their high-stress career without quitting altogether.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

He was a heavy breather on account of his asthma, which was why he didn’t fight in the war even though he had a military flattop haircut that looked like an airport for paper airplanes.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos