as in restaurant
a place where people get food at a counter and carry it to a table for eating
The restaurant resembled a school cafeteria.
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The publication notes that the cafeteria walls will be covered with canvases painted by De Niro’s father.
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India Roby, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2024
Classes at an Aspen middle school were temporarily suspended Monday after a black bear cub followed its nose into the cafeteria.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2024
Meta’s two-year-old office near New York City’s Penn Station, for example, features a cafeteria that feels like an upscale food court, with various stalls all free for staff.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Members of the media were watching the debate and filing their stories from a press pen set up in the cafeteria.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
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India Roby, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2024
Classes at an Aspen middle school were temporarily suspended Monday after a black bear cub followed its nose into the cafeteria.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2024
Meta’s two-year-old office near New York City’s Penn Station, for example, features a cafeteria that feels like an upscale food court, with various stalls all free for staff.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Members of the media were watching the debate and filing their stories from a press pen set up in the cafeteria.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Cafeteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cafeteria. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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