commercial break
Americannoun
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commercial breaks
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noun
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During a commercial break, 6-foot-5 “Frankenstein” star Jacob Elordi and 6-foot-6 Oliver Laxe, director of international feature nominee “Sirāt,” greeted one another at the lobby bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
That way, if changes were necessary, we could speak to each other in the commercial break.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
The nominations will be announced over about 20 minutes, with a gap in the middle to allow US network ABC to take a commercial break.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
And when Hollywood trades posted on social media that the award for best original score was announced during a commercial break, the Globes felt all the more distasteful.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
My TV dinner tasted like a commercial break.
From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds
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