fast-food
adjective
1
: of, relating to, or specializing in food that can be prepared and served quickly
a fast-food restaurant
2
: designed for ready availability, use, or consumption and with little consideration given to quality or significance
fast-food TV programming
fast food
noun
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In the meantime, the authors estimate that fast-food prices are up 8% to 12% since September 2023.
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The same year, California established a Fast Food Council and gave it the authority to raise the minimum wage at fast-food chains to twenty dollars an hour.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
After 15 years managing various fast-food restaurants, and, by his own admission, eating breakfast, lunch and dinner at them, he was diagnosed with high LDL cholesterol and prescribed a cocktail of statins.
—David Cox, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
The resort is separated from the neighborhood’s upscale boutiques and fast-food restaurants by six-lane Poseidonos Avenue, with thundering traffic around the clock.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The same year, California established a Fast Food Council and gave it the authority to raise the minimum wage at fast-food chains to twenty dollars an hour.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
After 15 years managing various fast-food restaurants, and, by his own admission, eating breakfast, lunch and dinner at them, he was diagnosed with high LDL cholesterol and prescribed a cocktail of statins.
—David Cox, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
The resort is separated from the neighborhood’s upscale boutiques and fast-food restaurants by six-lane Poseidonos Avenue, with thundering traffic around the clock.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Fast-food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast-food. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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