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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Recent Examples of cafeteria
The shooter who opened fire inside a Nashville high school cafeteria on Wednesday, killing a female student, shared racist and incel content in writings on social media, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Read All About It A 16-year-old student died and another was injured in a shooting yesterday in a Nashville high school cafeteria, authorities said.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Nashville police said during a news conference that Henderson, who was armed with a pistol, fired multiple shots in the cafeteria of the high school.
—Christina Shaw, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
Two student resource officers (SROs) were at the school at the time of the attack, but were not near the cafeteria, said Aaron; the shooter had already shot himself by the time the SROs arrived.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Read All About It A 16-year-old student died and another was injured in a shooting yesterday in a Nashville high school cafeteria, authorities said.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Nashville police said during a news conference that Henderson, who was armed with a pistol, fired multiple shots in the cafeteria of the high school.
—Christina Shaw, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
Two student resource officers (SROs) were at the school at the time of the attack, but were not near the cafeteria, said Aaron; the shooter had already shot himself by the time the SROs arrived.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cafeteria
Noun
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Keep your card in sight: When using your card in restaurants or stores, try to keep it within view.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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The hotel's restaurant and bar, Regent, brings guests on a sumptuous journey through France with classics like beef tartare, foie gras, steak frites, and cassoulet, as well as some dishes with a twist — the onion soup, for example, is prepared with duck broth.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Bradshaw Animal Shelter in Mather had a small cafe prior to the pandemic, which has also been nixed.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Jan. 2025
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Several other tenants are expected to open in the district this year, including Standard Beer + Food and the all-day cafe Good Graces.—
Zachery Eanes,
Axios,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Yu Ting Yuan, the hotel's flagship restaurant, offers diners a contrasting tenor with its dark, brooding interior splashed with gold and blood red, fresh flower sprays of pussywillow, orchids, and amaryllis, and soaring ceilings.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Among the few diners: an octogenarian and her descendants, a stressed-looking woman on a laptop.—
Sheila Yasmin Marikar,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Everybody walks on out and sits down in the lunchroom.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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But the bills were still high for Polk, who works as a school bus and lunchroom monitor.—
Martha Bebinger,
NPR,
9 Dec. 2024
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“Cafeteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cafeteria. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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