food court
noun
: an area within a building (such as a shopping mall) set apart for food concessions
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In each instance, participants were asked to complete an activity like taking a bus tour or eating at a food court, while either taking photos through or not at all.
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
In addition to hype surrounding the pie itself, shoppers are sharing their love for mashing a piece of the pumpkin pie in a cup of Costco soft serve ice cream (available in the food court) to make a do-it-yourself sundae.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The food court had a spread of pizza, hot dogs, and squares of sheet cake, a plastic fork planted neatly atop each.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The '70s is all about getting groovy at the disco, while the '80s will have a video game bar and mall food court.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
In addition to hype surrounding the pie itself, shoppers are sharing their love for mashing a piece of the pumpkin pie in a cup of Costco soft serve ice cream (available in the food court) to make a do-it-yourself sundae.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The food court had a spread of pizza, hot dogs, and squares of sheet cake, a plastic fork planted neatly atop each.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The '70s is all about getting groovy at the disco, while the '80s will have a video game bar and mall food court.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for food court
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“Food court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20court. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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