How to Use short-order in a Sentence
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And here at Graceland, the kitchen ran kinda like a short-order restaurant would.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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The first in his family to go to college, Lauretta paid his way as a short-order cook.
—David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
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Liza’s hopefulness sounds a lot like her character Tina on The Bear, moving up from the short-order cook to a more vital member of the team in season 2.
—Diane Farr, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2024
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The Chicago Bears used short-order cooking, and the Indianapolis Colts had a couple of linemen eat their way through the schedule.
—Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 12 May 2023
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His father was a short-order cook; his mother, a housekeeper.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
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But in recent years, studios have more often focused on streaming short-order series with eight to 10 episodes.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
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The short-order and short-lived shows of today have some feeling like itinerant workers forced to hop from writers room to writers room after four-to-eight weeks.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 July 2023
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In the new world order, short-order series hire writers to pen all the scripts over a 10- or 13-week period before physical production begins.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 May 2023
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One motto in the baby-led-weaning world is that the parents decide what the child eats—no short-order cooking, hustling to mix pancakes because your toddler rejected his eggs—and the child decides how much.
—Olaf Blecker, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
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The bakery-café chain gets top ratings for delivery drivers and short-order cooks, among other jobs.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 29 June 2026
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Guests crowd around the horseshoe-shape counter to watch short-order cooks flip pancakes, crack eggs, and work the sizzling griddle just feet away.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 31 May 2026
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But unlike the first adaptation, this one follows streaming’s short-order format with just eight episodes in the first season.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2026
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Hayes, whose father was a short-order cook, channeled his creativity to the plate long before the page or stage.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
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Play short-order cook, throw swords, pilfer donuts from a dragon’s lair, and more in this raucous party game.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
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