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
The jokes are constant, the borough pride runs deep, and the competitive spirit that once fueled cafeteria debates now powers a movement that’s turning heads far beyond Brooklyn.
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The district is proposing an 8% salary bump over two years, plus a one-time 3% bonus for UTLA members, and raises for other unionized staff, such as cafeteria workers, instructional aides, and principals.
—Aaron Garth Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
The broader development would also include a practice field and a roughly 40,000-square-foot facility with classrooms, a weight room, locker rooms, a gymnasium and a cafeteria.
—Michael Howes, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2026
There were some students on the second floor at the time, but most were in the school cafeteria, Reynolds said earlier this week.
—Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Apr. 2026
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The district is proposing an 8% salary bump over two years, plus a one-time 3% bonus for UTLA members, and raises for other unionized staff, such as cafeteria workers, instructional aides, and principals.
—Aaron Garth Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
The broader development would also include a practice field and a roughly 40,000-square-foot facility with classrooms, a weight room, locker rooms, a gymnasium and a cafeteria.
—Michael Howes, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2026
There were some students on the second floor at the time, but most were in the school cafeteria, Reynolds said earlier this week.
—Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cafeteria
Noun
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Meanwhile, the couple’s daughter opens a restaurant, and their son volunteers for Bernie Sanders’s Presidential campaign.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The restaurant celebrates the North Carolina shore through inventive dishes that utilize fresh catches from area fishermen and coastal foragers.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When the popular Italian restaurant Caffe Vialetto closed in 2025 after 26 years of feeding families and sharing milestones, diners across Miami mourned the loss of the Coral Gables icon, a stable oasis for quiet dinners and family celebrations in a wildly changing culinary landscape.—
Connie Ogle
April 9,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Back in the before timeline, at a late-night diner, June starts to come clean.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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Sitting in the lunchroom-style eating area was Sierra Williams and her two daughters, Lyla, 3 and Lyric, 6, with their faces painted like a butterfly and a fox.—
Laura Turbay,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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One day, Dahlstrom made a vulgar joke in a lunchroom referencing oral sex and pubic hair, according to the employee.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Cafeteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cafeteria. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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