cafeteria-style
adjective
caf·e·te·ria-style
ˌka-fə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌstī(-ə)l 
: cafeteria
cafeteria-style benefits
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Brennan, who had previously just played small background parts, went on to describe how his childhood home had a cafeteria-style milk machine and a milkman who delivered.
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Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
Check in starting at 11:30 a.m., with a cafeteria-style lunch serviced at noon.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
This cafeteria-style macaroni and cheese recipe is full of comforting flavor.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
Only 15% of U.S. workers have access to cafeteria-style or flexible benefits, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The visitation room Warden Jerry Goodwin escorted us into is large, square, and filled with cafeteria-style tables.
—Longreads, 8 July 2025
Inside the building, images showed metal plates of uneaten food on cafeteria-style tables – with a wall now blown out from the impact.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
In Kansas City, providers are planning patient care while facing each other across narrow, cafeteria-style tables in a large, open space, according to staff members.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Set up tents, arts and crafts stations, and a cafeteria-style buffet.
—Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
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Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
Check in starting at 11:30 a.m., with a cafeteria-style lunch serviced at noon.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
This cafeteria-style macaroni and cheese recipe is full of comforting flavor.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
Only 15% of U.S. workers have access to cafeteria-style or flexible benefits, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The visitation room Warden Jerry Goodwin escorted us into is large, square, and filled with cafeteria-style tables.
—Longreads, 8 July 2025
Inside the building, images showed metal plates of uneaten food on cafeteria-style tables – with a wall now blown out from the impact.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
In Kansas City, providers are planning patient care while facing each other across narrow, cafeteria-style tables in a large, open space, according to staff members.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Set up tents, arts and crafts stations, and a cafeteria-style buffet.
—Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
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