: the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed by the Roman Catholic, Eastern, and some Protestant churches as a period of penitence and fasting
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Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 15 Nov. 2024
Sarah Lent is President of Doremus+Co, Omnicom Group’s B2B specialist agency.
—Sarah Lent, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Ingredients like sugar, butter, eggs and yeast are put into the dough before giving them up for Lent.
—Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
Erin Moriarty: Had Lewis Lent, that name, Lewis Lent, ever come up before?
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—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
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Olivia Heller/The Hustle Aviv Nevo, an economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has studied a similar phenomenon: the decline of tuna prices during Lent, when the fish is in high demand.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 15 Nov. 2024
Sarah Lent is President of Doremus+Co, Omnicom Group’s B2B specialist agency.
—Sarah Lent, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Ingredients like sugar, butter, eggs and yeast are put into the dough before giving them up for Lent.
—Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
Erin Moriarty: Had Lewis Lent, that name, Lewis Lent, ever come up before?
Det.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Lent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lent. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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Lent
noun
: a period of fasting and regret for one's sins that is observed on the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter by many churches
Lenten
adjective
ˈlent-ᵊn
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