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Recent Examples of lunch counter
Ultimately, every kind of restaurant — from fine-dining institutions to neighborhood lunch counters — is forced to layoff staff and hope there will be a restaurant to reopen later.
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New York Times, 7 May 2025
When its first lunch counter opened in New Albany, Indiana, around 1923, the F.W. Woolworth Company was already known for innovation.
—Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
How The Controversy Started Last week, a report from Black Press USA suggested that the Greensboro lunch counter display — a centerpiece artifact from the Civil Rights Movement — would be removed from the National Museum of American History.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025
The store with the old oak floor was so charming, the middle-aged writers who hung around the lunch counter ordering vegan BLTs were charming.
—Hayley Krischer, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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New York Times, 7 May 2025
When its first lunch counter opened in New Albany, Indiana, around 1923, the F.W. Woolworth Company was already known for innovation.
—Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
How The Controversy Started Last week, a report from Black Press USA suggested that the Greensboro lunch counter display — a centerpiece artifact from the Civil Rights Movement — would be removed from the National Museum of American History.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025
The store with the old oak floor was so charming, the middle-aged writers who hung around the lunch counter ordering vegan BLTs were charming.
—Hayley Krischer, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
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The family-friendly films begin around 7:40 p.m.; the snack bar opens at 7 p.m. Attendees can also bring their own snacks and should bring blankets or lawn chairs to sit on.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
20 July 2025
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Other improvements in the works for the campus on Via de la Cumbre include a parking lot expansion funded by the RSF Association and a new snack bar funded by the golf club.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
Noun
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In my school cafeteria, meals are often processed and lack the nutritional value students need.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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Sitting in the packed and tense cafeteria at George Westinghouse College Prep School in Humboldt Park, Marquis Griffin did not envision himself having to be at the school on a Tuesday night in July, his children in tow and anxious to run around.—
Kate Perez,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
Noun
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While the restaurant doesn’t open until 11 a.m., the little counter of treats opens at 8 a.m. Monday and Wednesday through Sunday.—
Amanda Hancock,
The Courier-Journal,
26 July 2025
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The two-story restaurant can seat about 250 guests and has two 66-foot LED megascreens to show movies and special features.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
26 July 2025
Noun
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While serving as a dean of discipline in the Chicago Public Schools system, Brian Crowder approached a 15-year-old student in the lunchroom at a Little Village school and asked her for her SnapChat username, the woman, now an adult, testified yesterday.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Several lunchroom employees have left Marquette due to the cook’s behavior, according to the reports.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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