working/business lunch
noun
: a lunch during which people talk about business matters
We discussed the idea over a working/business lunch.
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Last week the Vances met with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, for a working lunch in Paris.
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Wwd Staff, WWD, 15 Feb. 2025
Trump and Ishiba sat down for a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office and a working lunch Friday morning in the Cabinet Room before taking questions from reporters during the press conference in the East Room in the afternoon, the president’s second joint press conference of the week.
—Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
There were young women with puffy jackets and pompom hats, middle-aged women who could have been coming straight from a business lunch, young men furtively removing their black tactical gear under the cover of a tree to pull on red MAGA sweatshirts to pass as mere Trump supporters.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2025
City leaders have celebrated the move, welcoming the bustling pedestrian corridor full of shoppers, business lunch meetings and late night party-goers.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 3 Feb. 2025
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Wwd Staff, WWD, 15 Feb. 2025
Trump and Ishiba sat down for a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office and a working lunch Friday morning in the Cabinet Room before taking questions from reporters during the press conference in the East Room in the afternoon, the president’s second joint press conference of the week.
—Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
There were young women with puffy jackets and pompom hats, middle-aged women who could have been coming straight from a business lunch, young men furtively removing their black tactical gear under the cover of a tree to pull on red MAGA sweatshirts to pass as mere Trump supporters.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2025
City leaders have celebrated the move, welcoming the bustling pedestrian corridor full of shoppers, business lunch meetings and late night party-goers.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Working/business lunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working%2Fbusiness%20lunch. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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