ad break

[ad brayk]

noun

1. an interruption in a program broadcast on television, radio, or over the internet, during which advertisements are shown; commercial break.

Example Sentences

"So much, then, for America teetering on the brink of fascism. If this is tyranny, it comes with an ABC logo, a studio audience, and the kind of recycled jokes that make you long for the ad break."

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Nope, you hoped you picked the longer ad break and race back to the couch just in time for the show to come back for the next scene.

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If you witnessed the collective cultural collapse that was the release of the video for Gaga’s latest song, “Abracadabra,” during an ad break in the middle of the Grammy Awards, you surely felt it too: the sweet, unmistakable sense of nostalgia.

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We wanted to meet people where they were with a real-time moment of calm, delivered through a simple and unexpected 15- to 30-second silent ad break in between the updates and alerts.

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The 49ers kicked a field goal and we went to ad break and we got a rare four-pack, four straight Senate ads, pro-Sheehy, anti-Tester, pro-Tester, anti-Tester.

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