lunch counter

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Recent Examples of lunch counter Six months into the protests, Woolworth integrated the lunch counter. Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 31 Jan. 2026 His view was that the factory worker filling out a basketball parlay card at a local lunch counter was in some sense complicit. Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026 But in February 1960, Joyner, then 17, was one of 20 Black high school students picked by the NAACP to take part in a sit-in at a Whites-only lunch counter. Martha Teichner, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026 The old mythology was that a star might be discovered at Schwab’s lunch counter or in an audition room. Josh Rottenberg, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lunch counter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
  • The basics are done well here too, with an excellent 24-hour coffee shop and patisserie off the lobby, a little café by the pool mixing inventive smoothies every morning, and an elevated snack bar at the heart of the resort, serving fresh, fluffy tacos.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Once the Sharon Woods Harbor Revitalization is complete, visitors can look forward to an educational amphitheater, new boathouse, refreshed snack bar, and expanded parking and restrooms, according to a Great Parks news release.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • For many of us, peanut butter is a nostalgic food, transporting us back to peanut butter sandwiches in school cafeterias and character lunchboxes on school buses.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 (AFSCME) union’s membership covers essential workers including custodians, food service staff in campus dining halls and hospital cafeterias, gardeners, and skilled craft workers including plumbers and electricians.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Lagomarsini offered a bite to Quié’s nephew Poppa, who works at the restaurant.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Straz said a Culver’s restaurant is planned for the west side of Harlem, where a CIBC bank formerly stood, though those developers are not seeking TIF financing.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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