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 three-time Olympian, who is competing in the men’s 800m and 1500m freestyle, has posted a series of hilarious TikToks about his favorite food item in the Olympic Village cafeteria: chocolate muffins.
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Miles Berry, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
Miami Central Senior High seemed more like a police training camp than a high school on Thursday morning as Miami-Dade school police officers patted down and searched the bags of people entering the cafeteria.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 23 July 2024
But, you weren’t banished to the corner table of the proverbial cafeteria.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2024
In a case that has since gone viral, last week, Vera Liddell, who was working as a cafeteria consultant for an Illinois school district, admitted to stealing $1.5 million worth of chicken wings – 11,000 cases – between July 2020 and February 2022, according to her other lawyer, Gregory LaPapa.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
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Miles Berry, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
Miami Central Senior High seemed more like a police training camp than a high school on Thursday morning as Miami-Dade school police officers patted down and searched the bags of people entering the cafeteria.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 23 July 2024
But, you weren’t banished to the corner table of the proverbial cafeteria.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2024
In a case that has since gone viral, last week, Vera Liddell, who was working as a cafeteria consultant for an Illinois school district, admitted to stealing $1.5 million worth of chicken wings – 11,000 cases – between July 2020 and February 2022, according to her other lawyer, Gregory LaPapa.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Cafeteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cafeteria. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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