breather
noun
breath·er
ˈbrē-t͟hər 
Examples of breather in a Sentence
He decided to give them a breather.
took a breather from the seemingly endless task of sorting through years of stuff stored in the attic
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Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Midweek, on the 18th, Mercury shifts into Libra, giving us a breather.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 14 Sep. 2025
Bells of Kabul marked Farahani’s first shoot in nine months following a breather after Julia Ducournau’s Cannes 2025 Palme d’Or contender Alpha, taking inspiration from the early days of the AIDS pandemic.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Valdez and Morales kept the running game strong when Lizaola needed a breather.
—Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Breather.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breather. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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breather
noun
breath·er
ˈbrē-t͟hər
1
: one that breathes
2
: a pause for rest : break
Medical Definition
breather
noun
breath·er
ˈbrē-t͟hər
: one that breathes usually in a specified way see mouth breather
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