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Recent Examples of lunch counter
The old mythology was that a star might be discovered at Schwab’s lunch counter or in an audition room.
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Josh Rottenberg, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2025
Visitors can see everything from the original Star-Spangled Banner and the Greensboro Woolworth’s lunch counter (which became a powerful symbol of the Civil Rights Movement,) to Dorothy’s ruby slippers, and innovations that span early steam engines to modern computing.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
The tiny bar draws inspiration from its past life as a corner pharmacy and lunch counter.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
Zachary Huerta walks behind the lunch counter at recess to take another chocolate milk.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Josh Rottenberg, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2025
Visitors can see everything from the original Star-Spangled Banner and the Greensboro Woolworth’s lunch counter (which became a powerful symbol of the Civil Rights Movement,) to Dorothy’s ruby slippers, and innovations that span early steam engines to modern computing.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
The tiny bar draws inspiration from its past life as a corner pharmacy and lunch counter.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
Zachary Huerta walks behind the lunch counter at recess to take another chocolate milk.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
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The existing snack bar is being nearly doubled in size.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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As demolition is currently underway inside the Ranch Clubhouse as part of the RSF Association’s restaurant renovation project, the golf club is preparing to begin its own project in the coming months, a remodel of the course snack bar.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Students, parents and family members arrived at the school’s Thanksgiving celebration by the hundreds, filling cafeteria tables and extra seats, with many left to stand.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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Even the cafeteria is a little bit louder — alive with conversations between students disconnected from their screens.—
Sequoia Carrillo,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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My meeting with Hélène Mercier Arnault, the Canadian pianist who is married to LVMH chair and CEO, Bernard Arnault, is arranged at Le Laurent, an elegant Paris restaurant inside an 18th-century pavilion off the Champs-Elysees.—
Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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And the hotel's Michelin starred restaurant Tetedoie offers the cooking of Christian Tetedoie (a Paul Bocuse disciple) alongside its thrilling views.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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But fate placed them in the lunchroom of Queensborough Community College in 1985.—
Andy Greene,
VIBE.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Anthropic’s lunchroom, downstairs, was where Claude banged its head against walls in real life.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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