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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Year after year, developers across the state convert more of the bears’ natural habitat into manicured subdivisions, fast-food restaurants and office plazas.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
According to a Berkeley Research Group report, 89% of fast-food employers reduced employee hours, 35% cut supplemental benefits, and food prices jumped by nearly 15%.
—Bob Rauch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
The fast-food giant has served similar offerings in the past, including Chicken Selects and its successor, Buttermilk Crispy Tenders.
—Tanasia Kenney, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
With interior chambers lined with perforated metal walls, the contraption somewhat resembles a fast-food restaurant’s deep fryer.
—Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
According to a Berkeley Research Group report, 89% of fast-food employers reduced employee hours, 35% cut supplemental benefits, and food prices jumped by nearly 15%.
—Bob Rauch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
The fast-food giant has served similar offerings in the past, including Chicken Selects and its successor, Buttermilk Crispy Tenders.
—Tanasia Kenney, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
With interior chambers lined with perforated metal walls, the contraption somewhat resembles a fast-food restaurant’s deep fryer.
—Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for fast-food
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“Fast-food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast-food. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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