as in snack bar
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Recent Examples of lunch counter
After spending 26 years at the iconic Miami Beach restaurant, which opened as a small lunch counter in 1913 and grew into one of Miami’s most famous culinary landmarks, Bienvenu hadn’t envisioned going anywhere else.
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
Nash and the others would soon put Lawson's lessons into practice, organizing lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024
In Jim Crow Tampa, Black patrons could shop at retailers like Woolworth but were barred from grabbing a bite at lunch counters.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Ela, specializing in thali-style street food, and Mango, a breakfast-lunch counter, will sit side by side on Hibiscus Street.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
Nash and the others would soon put Lawson's lessons into practice, organizing lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024
In Jim Crow Tampa, Black patrons could shop at retailers like Woolworth but were barred from grabbing a bite at lunch counters.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Ela, specializing in thali-style street food, and Mango, a breakfast-lunch counter, will sit side by side on Hibiscus Street.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
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Both have a snack bar, restrooms, and shaded eating areas.—
Rachel Chang,
AFAR Media,
2 June 2025
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Large commercial airports feature lines snaking through the TSA, long lines at the snack bar, and a John Muir Trail-length hike to baggage claim.—
Kevin Williams,
Quartz,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Foxconn built actual campuses around the manufacturing facilities, with dorms, cafeterias, and even specialty convenience stores.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Harrison was at the school on a Sunday preparing for the week while a church service was being held in the cafeteria, an affidavit said.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Here are 17 restaurants that are at least 90 years old.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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Between 2005 and 2009, Herb franchised eight Nathan’s Famous restaurants at Walmarts across Florida.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
7 June 2025
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His Edward works wonders on Stewart’s Bella, who spends much of the first movie staring at him, lips apart, across the high school lunchroom and parking lot.—
Bruce Handy,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
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First, this manager purposely walks the applicant down to the lunchroom to get a cup of whatever.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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