lunch hour
noun
: the time when the people in a school or company eat lunch
He often worked through his lunch hour.
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Only one passenger survived after the plane crashed onto a medical college hostel during lunch hour, with local media reporting as many as 24 people on the ground were also killed.
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Sudipto Ganguly, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Remote workers drift in for a cappuccino and a quiet corner, setting up laptops and staying through the lunch hour.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 4 July 2025
There were cars in just about every garage, parked on the street and lined up in driveways, but there was no one in sight as the lunch hour approached on Carefree Lane.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Storms are expected to reach Chicago around the lunch hour on Wednesday and move into Indianapolis, Detroit and Cincinnati later in the afternoon.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 18 June 2025
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Sudipto Ganguly, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Remote workers drift in for a cappuccino and a quiet corner, setting up laptops and staying through the lunch hour.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 4 July 2025
There were cars in just about every garage, parked on the street and lined up in driveways, but there was no one in sight as the lunch hour approached on Carefree Lane.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Storms are expected to reach Chicago around the lunch hour on Wednesday and move into Indianapolis, Detroit and Cincinnati later in the afternoon.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for lunch hour
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“Lunch hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20hour. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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