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Recent Examples of lunch counter
Lewis participated in the first lunch counter sit-ins in the 1960s, was a Freedom Rider in Montgomery, Alabama, and was a speaker at the March on Washington in 1963.
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Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Lewis became an advocate while in college, organizing lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Craft played a crucial role in integrating two universities, the 1954 Texas State Fair and Dallas theaters, restaurants, and lunch counters.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
With the key exception of a vacant lunch counter on the ground floor, the Landmark Center is now 100% fully leased and occupied by about 25 tenants, seven of them relatively new, following a whirlwind of lease signings.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
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Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Lewis became an advocate while in college, organizing lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Craft played a crucial role in integrating two universities, the 1954 Texas State Fair and Dallas theaters, restaurants, and lunch counters.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
With the key exception of a vacant lunch counter on the ground floor, the Landmark Center is now 100% fully leased and occupied by about 25 tenants, seven of them relatively new, following a whirlwind of lease signings.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
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The family-friendly films begin around 7:40 p.m.; the snack bar opens at 7 p.m. Attendees can also bring their own snacks and should bring blankets or lawn chairs to sit on.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
20 July 2025
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Unlike many public beaches, there’s an old-school elegance here, complete with a snack bar that serves lobster rolls.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
Noun
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More than 8 in 10 students reported feeling safe in the hallways, bathrooms, locker rooms and cafeterias.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
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There was a slapstick randomness to these loves conducted in dozens of languages during movie nights or dance lessons, or in the cafeteria, where everyone went despite the dullest food in the city in case a potential romance awaited by the steamed-vegetable medley.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Set along the beach, the restaurant Parelia offers the best of Greek and Mediterranean cuisine with local seafood and meat dishes cooked over wood-fires.—
Adam Morganstern,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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My Oxford Year crew also traveled to Windsor to utilize the takeaway restaurant King Neptune Fish and Chip Shop.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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At Northview, for example, cellphones are not allowed during the school day and students are not allowed to use Chromebooks in the lunchroom.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
7 Aug. 2025
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While serving as a dean of discipline in the Chicago Public Schools system, Brian Crowder approached a 15-year-old student in the lunchroom at a Little Village school and asked her for her SnapChat username, the woman, now an adult, testified yesterday.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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