Thesaurus results for MEALS

meals

noun

plural of meal

as in menus

food eaten or prepared for eating at one time all she wants to do is sit quietly after the large Thanksgiving meal

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Recent Examples of meals Perfect for summer gatherings, potlucks or easy weekday meals, and easily adaptable with different beans and cheeses. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026 Categories might include groceries, gasoline, restaurant meals, entertainment, and clothing. — Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026 Rollbacks in free school meals would also occur at a time when food prices are now 21% higher than in January 2022, the CBS News Price Tracker shows. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Many pediatricians recommend that toddlers to tweens eat around three meals and two snacks a day. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026 The origins of the potluck One of the first references to large communal meals where every attendee contributed is in the Bible. — Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 30 July 2026 The Hawks will build 1 million meals for families in Atlanta for the sixth consecutive year. — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 30 July 2026

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There’s also a restaurant with outdoor terrace seating that offers seasonal, daily shifting menus of bistro-style cuisine for lunch and more gastronomic fare for dinner.

— Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2026
The menus will bring together the elegance of French cuisine with the flavors of California and will be priced at $695 per person, with optional wine pairings.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

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At Montauk Yacht Club, where the docks became home to Camp FFF for a couple of days, entrepreneurs traded war stories over panels, games of tug-of-war and dinners curated by chef-in-residence Alison Roman.

— Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Formal footwear like kitten heels and mules will get you through office days and nice dinners; casual picks like sneakers and thong sandals are ideal for weekend plans and vacations.

— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of dinners

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Changes to school lunches These school nutrition directors were surveyed in October 2025, and since then, additional factors may threaten the robustness of school lunch programs.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Those types of lunches were later served on lunch wagons and, finally, in restaurants like Ono Hawaiian BBQ.

— Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025

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