lunchroom

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Recent Examples of lunchroom This is another legacy of the ’80s comedy that percolated into our Gen X school lunchrooms, one that’s a lot less fun to remember. James Poniewozik, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025 Eventually the school board took over the operation of the lunchroom. Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2025 The new brick school included a lunchroom and kitchen, and the Mothers’ Club hired a woman to do the cooking. Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2025 Timbaland’s abilities to shellac the rhythmic sound of someone beating on a lunchroom table and use a siren as an accent are just some of the glimpses of his genius. Steven J. Horowitz, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lunchroom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunchroom
Noun
  • They are allowed to mix and mingle in nearby buildings and courtyards, and dine together in a cafeteria setting staffed by nuns.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Moscow High School has 814 students but only room for about 100 in the cafeteria.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The brilliant Decatur restaurant has created a cultural exchange in its interpretation of lemon pepper wings.
    Mike Jordan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 May 2025
  • She was taken to Glenn’s car and was left with him as the other men entered the restaurant and decided against the robbery.
    Brianne Tracy, People.com, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Vicky Barnes was the heartbeat of the diner who knew just about every customer who walked through the door.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The diner specializes in Creole and Cajun cuisine and serves just breakfast and lunch, with various egg scrambles, to-die-for biscuits and gravy, po’boys, burgers, and sandwiches on the menu.
    Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Take a culinary road trip with the chef who opened a luncheonette in a historic train caboose on the Pacific Coast Highway.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Yet a recent wave of newly-refurbished, next-generation diners and luncheonettes have ushered in a vibrant new era and audience.
    Laura Neilson, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Before the Ryan Budget, there was the Tea Party, a movement that launched the careers of politicians like Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rand Paul (R-KY), who’ve argued that a wide range of laws from the ban on child labor to the prohibition on whites-only lunch counters are unconstitutional.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
  • After spending 26 years at the iconic Miami Beach restaurant, which opened as a small lunch counter in 1913 and grew into one of Miami’s most famous culinary landmarks, Bienvenu hadn’t envisioned going anywhere else.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025

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“Lunchroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunchroom. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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