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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Fatburger: Fans can get the fast-food chain's Baby Fat burger, made with a 2.5-ounce patty, through June 30 at participating locations, or online at fatburger.com with code BABYFAT5.
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
What does a fast-food chain have to do with an 11-minute all-female mission to space?
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Seen through the narrator’s eyes, the fast-food restaurant’s employees lose their generic anonymity and gain a sense of individuality.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Travis Silvers was found dead in his vehicle in the fast-food parking lot in Adairsville, Georgia on the morning of March 10, 2001, the bureau said in a news release.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2025
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
What does a fast-food chain have to do with an 11-minute all-female mission to space?
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Seen through the narrator’s eyes, the fast-food restaurant’s employees lose their generic anonymity and gain a sense of individuality.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Travis Silvers was found dead in his vehicle in the fast-food parking lot in Adairsville, Georgia on the morning of March 10, 2001, the bureau said in a news release.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 Apr. 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 1 May. 2025.
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