The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OVERINVESTMENT
Etymology
Noun
overinvestment (countable and uncountable, plural overinvestments)
Excessive investment, especially in one particular area
Due to our overinvestment in financial stocks, we will be unable to pay the heating bill this year.
Source: Wiktionary
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6 January 2025
PREMATURELY
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
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