as in restaurant
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises
we'll just grab a quick hamburger at the local diner
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Recent Examples of diner
Come World Cup time, the cafe’s chairs will be arranged around a TV by the wall, so diners can enjoy all the footie action.
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
To become diners’ first option, McDonald’s plans to focus on menu innovation that elevates taste and quality, like improvements to its McCrispy chicken line.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 1 June 2026
The line for Babe’s—a new diner with an eight-seat counter and just six seats outdoors in Sag Harbor—was already spilling out onto the sidewalk pre-Memorial Day.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
Sponsored by the California Restaurant Association, the bill is intended to protect diners from deceptive markups and give restaurants, which already operate on thin margins, new tools to fight fake bookings, no-shows, and lost revenue.
—Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 28 May 2026
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
To become diners’ first option, McDonald’s plans to focus on menu innovation that elevates taste and quality, like improvements to its McCrispy chicken line.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 1 June 2026
The line for Babe’s—a new diner with an eight-seat counter and just six seats outdoors in Sag Harbor—was already spilling out onto the sidewalk pre-Memorial Day.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
Sponsored by the California Restaurant Association, the bill is intended to protect diners from deceptive markups and give restaurants, which already operate on thin margins, new tools to fight fake bookings, no-shows, and lost revenue.
—Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diner
restaurant
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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
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“Diner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diner. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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