commercial break
noun
: the time when advertisements are broadcast during a radio or television program
We'll be back after the commercial break.
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But the cameras did not show Wells' mad dash from her auditorium seat to join her husband backstage during the commercial break.
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Later in the show, The Bear's Liza Colon-Zayas stopped on her way back to her seat during a commercial break to take selfie with a fan.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Watch enough football and every commercial break becomes an exercise in bleary déjà vu, as the spots that bowed in the first quarter begin repeating on you like so many lager burps.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
While Mathews didn't get a chance to share what resided in his house purse before the segment cut to commercial break, his box appeared to contain a large pink feather, a glass, and a bottle of red wine.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Later in the show, The Bear's Liza Colon-Zayas stopped on her way back to her seat during a commercial break to take selfie with a fan.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Watch enough football and every commercial break becomes an exercise in bleary déjà vu, as the spots that bowed in the first quarter begin repeating on you like so many lager burps.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
While Mathews didn't get a chance to share what resided in his house purse before the segment cut to commercial break, his box appeared to contain a large pink feather, a glass, and a bottle of red wine.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Commercial break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercial%20break. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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