The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DECOMMISSION
decommission
(verb) withdraw from active service; “The warship was decommissioned in 1998”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
decommission (third-person singular simple present decommissions, present participle decommissioning, simple past and past participle decommissioned)
To take out of service or to render unusable.
To remove or revoke a commission.
To remove or revoke a formal designation.
Antonyms
• commission
Anagrams
• commissioned
Source: Wiktionary
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21 January 2025
TRACE
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”
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