as in restaurant
a place where people get food at a counter and carry it to a table for eating
The restaurant resembled a school cafeteria.
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Recent Examples of cafeteria
That was more than three years ago, and since 2023, the cafeteria has been an outdoor plaza.
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
And business leaders making an appearance include United Airlines director Kristopher Anderson; Charles Johnson, president of cafeteria and janitorial vendor SodexoMagic; Chicago Sky co-owner and operating chair, Nadia Rawlinson, and restaurateur Carmen Rossi.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
For decades the company supplied a substantial amount of the milk sold in school cafeterias around the state, and until 2001 operated an ice cream stand on Farmington Avenue in New Britain.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
The free lunch programs run weekdays from June 8 to July 2 at the school cafeterias.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
And business leaders making an appearance include United Airlines director Kristopher Anderson; Charles Johnson, president of cafeteria and janitorial vendor SodexoMagic; Chicago Sky co-owner and operating chair, Nadia Rawlinson, and restaurateur Carmen Rossi.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
For decades the company supplied a substantial amount of the milk sold in school cafeterias around the state, and until 2001 operated an ice cream stand on Farmington Avenue in New Britain.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
The free lunch programs run weekdays from June 8 to July 2 at the school cafeterias.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cafeteria
Noun
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Designer Jordane Arrivetz, also behind the look of beach club and restaurant Ciro's at the Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes, sought to preserve its historic soul while injecting the interiors with modernity.—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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In a YouGov survey of the top 20 most popular activities, cooking took 9th place (ranking higher than such activities as reading, traveling, eating out at restaurants, and sightseeing), and baking ranked 19th (one spot higher on the list than going to the movies).—
Terri Williams,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Noun
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The drive-in-turned-diner has been serving up hearty comfort food to Charlotteans looking for a filling meal since 1957, working its way into a firm hold among Charlotte’s oldest restaurants.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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Occasionally, breakfast proceedings would be interrupted by a cheeky monkey sitting up on the rafters, and staffers would be on high alert with their wild gesticulating, causing tittering among diners.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Noun
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By then, Debby Orcutt is out the door, helping her grandchildren get to school on time or heading to her latest part-time job wiping down lunchroom tables at a nearby high school.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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At one point, Tech returned to old-school hip-hop fundamentals, beatboxing and using his chest as percussion while rapping, echoing lunchroom cypher traditions.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 May 2026
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“Cafeteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cafeteria. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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