Recess Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster

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Noun

The clamor of White Eagle Elementary School students at recess this week drowned out the sounds of the two unmanned electric mowers methodically rolling back and forth across the adjacent Monarch Park in Naperville.

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Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2023

Well, things have kind of been stalled since before the Passover holiday, which was last month, when essentially the Parliament went on recess.

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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023

Big attitude — uncaring on the surface, vulnerable underneath and in the furthest recesses of her being, a searcher.

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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023

His return coincided with the Senate coming back into session on Apr. 17 after a two-week recess.

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Theara Coleman, The Week, 18 Apr. 2023

The chamber took a 10-minute recess while security cleared the gallery.

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Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023

The only wiggle room the Israeli leader has, analysts say, is if negotiators reach a moderated judicial overhaul plan bill over the Knesset’s recess period, which ends April 30, and where concessions to his right-wing coalition members need not be too extreme.

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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023

Mathews called a second recess, then adjourned the meeting early after audience members again shouted while the superintendent reported on her efforts to address complaints about books.

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Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2023

Tribble instead called for a recess, stating the public was disrupting the meeting, and four of the board members went to a private room.

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The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2023

Verb

The meeting was recessed, and protesters continued chanting.

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The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2023

The couple painted the walls and the ceiling, including the beams, white and replaced the track lighting with slim, recessed WAC lighting.

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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023

Fourteen of the letters were filed in the two weeks before the Legislature recessed April 7 as lawmakers raced to wrap up the session.

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Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 30 Apr. 2023

Also, Democratic congressional leaders’ plan to recess for the next month came as a surprise to many who were hoping both parties could come to an agreement for a new stimulus package in the wake of the economic catastrophe caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2020

Shepherd said Thursday that April 7 is a realistic date for the session to recess, even though legislators had yet to file bills that would implement priorities set by Sanders and top lawmakers in January such as an education overhaul and public safety overhauls.

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Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2023

The Carrera Plasma Diamant D’Avant-Garde, a chronograph with a tourbillon, is loaded with 124 diamonds that are recessed into the case, bezel, and bracelet in multiple geometries, as well as forming the winding crown, indexes, and the polycrystalline diamond slab that is the dial.

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WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023

The house has recessed and designer lighting, geometric details, vaulted living room with fireplace and angular-arched central window framing leafy views, a curve-walled eat-in kitchen, and large entertainment space off the family room.

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The Week Staff, The Week, 19 Mar. 2023

It’s designed so the deck is recessed into the case when it’s folded in, for space-saving efficiency.

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Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2023

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