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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There are baking projects like homemade bagels, riffs on fast-food favorites, and a couple of drinks to round things out.
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Hannah Lee Leidy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 2026
Russell Dermond had been a clock manufacturing executive and owned a few fast-food restaurants before retiring.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 May 2026
This is thanks to one video in which the reveal that the anthem duties are being done by the nation's premier fast-food spokesclown is done to perfection.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Whether at the grocery store, or driving past a fast-food restaurant, she's less tempted to buy an extra or unhealthy snack.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 8 May 2026
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Hannah Lee Leidy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 2026
Russell Dermond had been a clock manufacturing executive and owned a few fast-food restaurants before retiring.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 May 2026
This is thanks to one video in which the reveal that the anthem duties are being done by the nation's premier fast-food spokesclown is done to perfection.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Whether at the grocery store, or driving past a fast-food restaurant, she's less tempted to buy an extra or unhealthy snack.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 8 May 2026
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 11 May. 2026.
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