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
Additionally, Rice will be able to take part in individual workouts with the strength staff and dine in the team cafeteria.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
The Evolv system was installed at Antioch High School in January as students returned to campus six days after a student opened fire in the cafeteria, fatally shooting one student and wounding another before fatally shooting himself.
—Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2025
The first few dinners in the spring reminded Stoney of school cafeterias in the 1950s, with white people on one side of the room and African American people on the other.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
When the couple walked into the cafeteria, Mel spotted their daughter sitting with other classmates whose grandparents couldn't make it to lunch.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
The Evolv system was installed at Antioch High School in January as students returned to campus six days after a student opened fire in the cafeteria, fatally shooting one student and wounding another before fatally shooting himself.
—Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2025
The first few dinners in the spring reminded Stoney of school cafeterias in the 1950s, with white people on one side of the room and African American people on the other.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
When the couple walked into the cafeteria, Mel spotted their daughter sitting with other classmates whose grandparents couldn't make it to lunch.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cafeteria
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When Catalina goes into the kitchen to refill her calabash, Frances grabs the box of Thompson paperbacks and makes a run for Ray at the restaurant.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Equal-weight consumer discretionary has been under a bit of pressure, with restaurant and travel names weakening, and is now clearly underperforming the broad market on a one-year basis.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Here are 37 new restaurants, bars and cafes that are now open in metro Phoenix.—
Endia Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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It’s located on the first floor, near Sebastian’s Bistro, a cafe with an executive sous chef that is also open to the public and decorated with dangling flying ibises, the bird that inspired UM’s mascot.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Higher beef prices, which have eased somewhat recently, weighed on shares as investors worry about whether Texas Roadhouse will pass on the additional costs to diners or absorb them.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Restaurant menus adapt to diners’ evolving palates.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Speaking on condition of anonymity, the worker described the mounting panic as agents surrounded the building and gathered up to 70 workers – many from Guatemala and Nicaragua – into the lunchroom, where the entire workforce was questioned.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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More than any world leader, Abe perfected the art of winning Trump’s favor with flattery, lavish gifts, sitting with him in the Group of Seven lunchroom when others wouldn’t and nominating him for a Nobel Peace Prize.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Cafeteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cafeteria. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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