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
Like the face-to-face collaboration benefits lost at GISS, employees fear shutting down Goddard's cafeteria will be stifling.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The cafeteria smelled the same.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Regions with a strong military presence are reeling Last March, restauranteur Fran Bolden opened a cafeteria at the Redstone Arsenal, a US Army base near Huntsville, Alabama.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Nearly 5,000 employees, from cafeteria workers to nuclear physicists, had remained at their posts to keep the facility running safely.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The cafeteria smelled the same.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Regions with a strong military presence are reeling Last March, restauranteur Fran Bolden opened a cafeteria at the Redstone Arsenal, a US Army base near Huntsville, Alabama.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Nearly 5,000 employees, from cafeteria workers to nuclear physicists, had remained at their posts to keep the facility running safely.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cafeteria
Noun
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On Veterans Day, many restaurants and businesses offer free meals and deals to active-duty military and veterans.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
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In February 2020, the restaurant and market shut down its original location in Dilworth due to financial strains, along with cocktail space The Queen & Glass, Charlotte Business Journal reported.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Schulman said the company will continue to rely on its better-for-you branding of fresh ingredients and more premium proteins that some diners may have to pay a couple extra dollars for.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Cava reported a disappointing quarter late yesterday as casual diners tighten their belts and visit restaurants less frequently.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Beyond employment, Wilson Administration officials re-segregated bathrooms, lunchrooms, and workspaces in federal buildings that had been integrated since the end of the Civil War.—
Time,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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With an exception here and there, most of these guys started gambling as teens, playing lunchroom hold-em and NFL parlays for a buck or two a throw.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Cafeteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cafeteria. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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