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Recent Examples of lunch counter
The landlord was the university, so the couple applied for the lease, vowing to open a lunch counter, support local farmers, employ students, and change up the menu weekly.
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025
As Gold well understood, the fact that L.A.’s Korean dumpling shops, Armenian grocery stores, Thai lunch counters, and Salvadoran pupuserías are open to curious outsiders is one of the great privileges of living here.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
At Kitty’s Cafe in midtown Kansas City, with just two chairs at a small lunch counter, that wisdom holds true.
—Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Golden was reared on jazz and experimental theater by her parents, who ran a lunch counter in Brooklyn.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025
As Gold well understood, the fact that L.A.’s Korean dumpling shops, Armenian grocery stores, Thai lunch counters, and Salvadoran pupuserías are open to curious outsiders is one of the great privileges of living here.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
At Kitty’s Cafe in midtown Kansas City, with just two chairs at a small lunch counter, that wisdom holds true.
—Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Golden was reared on jazz and experimental theater by her parents, who ran a lunch counter in Brooklyn.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
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The deeply personal ventures from an intimate snack bar with a well-deserved wait list to the 118-seat hotel anchor that caters to the needs of guests while nodding to the communities that call Houston home.—
Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 Sep. 2025
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To the west, Blue Shutters Town Beach, overlooking Block Island Sound, has a more traditional setup, with lifeguards, showers, and a seasonal snack bar—a favorite among families.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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If a cafeteria staff has the time, personnel, and cutting boards to pre-slice their apples, the apples become more enticing to the youngest kids and to kids of any age who wear braces.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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Take a cafeteria in a school that’s used from 11 am to 1 pm.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The rankings were determined by various factors such as crime rates, public schools, cost of living, job opportunities, health statistics and local amenities, including access to bars and restaurants, according to Niche.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Oct. 2025
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On a street named Gaza lives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a top-floor apartment near a sushi restaurant.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
7 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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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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