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 The restaurant also serves all-American breakfast, lunch and dinner meals like breakfast casseroles and meatloaf. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 The 56-year-old has been getting massages and enjoying Hennessy behind bars, while having special meals like pizza and empanadas prepared for him. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026 However, many airlines voluntarily offer courtesy support, like meals, hotel vouchers, transportation to and from the airport, and more. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026 Like her lens following the winding roads of Mount Tamalpais, Regan, who was a friend of Adnan’s, leads us closer to the artist herself, visiting her in her Paris home, bearing gifts, sitting in her studio, gallery, and sharing meals with friends. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Compiling it means eating thousands of meals, always paying our own way, of course. — Jody Schmal, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026 Quick, easy and delicious meals don't have to mean spending hours in the kitchen. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 Hot meals through Meals2Go and catering services also will be available, Rivera said. — Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026 While Cheng, who was paid more than $440,000 per year, charged 56 meals that exceeded the state’s $50-per-person limit, the chancellor retained discretion to go beyond the limit. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

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Some participants, such as Village of OM, have existing vegan or vegetarian menus.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
The menus offer a full set of auto-adjustment features, from autofocus to automatic screen fit.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of menus

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Chanel’s extraordinary trips—access to palaces, private jets, Rolls-Royces and Bentleys, caviar dinners—all pass through the book as mundane elements of the scenery.

— Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
Pham’s growing following of customers, who have eagerly preordered one of the limited number of ducks, are set to begin arriving to collect their dinners in the next hour.

— Heather Platt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 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

Definition of lunches

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