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Courts and commentators have identified three possible interpretations of the phrase 'learned of the breach.' If seller anticipatorily repudiates, buyer learns of the breach: (1) When he learns of the repudiation; (2) When he learns of the repudiation plus a commercially reasonable time; or (3) When performance is due under the contract. See, e.g., First National Bank of Chicago v. Jefferson Mortgage Co., 576 F.2d 479 (3d Cir. 1978); Cargill, Inc. v. Stafford, 553 F.2d 1222 (10th Cir. 1977); J. White & R. Summers § 6-7 at 240-52; Note, U.C.C. § 2-713: Anticipatory Repudiation and the Measurement of an Aggrieved Buyer's Damages, 19 ...