dinner
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They are still able to charge the bank for dinner if they’re working late, but only if they are physically present in the office.
Sometimes, at the breakfast table, his mom would ask the whole family what they wanted for dinner.
From Literature
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When they’d looked after the garden and fished for dinner and checked the beaches for driftwood or bottles or anything else that might have floated in on the tide, Nim had school.
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The next day, standing below the balcony of the Lorraine Motel where the team was staying in Memphis, King yelled down at Jackson in joviality, as if to mitigate the outburst, inviting him to dinner.
From Los Angeles Times
For two days, she sleeps until 1 p.m. or 2 p.m., orders room service, takes a nap before dinner and then sleeps through the night.
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