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Recent Examples of lunch counter
The landlord was the university, so the couple applied for the lease, vowing to open a lunch counter, support local farmers, employ students, and change up the menu weekly.
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025
As Gold well understood, the fact that L.A.’s Korean dumpling shops, Armenian grocery stores, Thai lunch counters, and Salvadoran pupuserías are open to curious outsiders is one of the great privileges of living here.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
At Kitty’s Cafe in midtown Kansas City, with just two chairs at a small lunch counter, that wisdom holds true.
—Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Golden was reared on jazz and experimental theater by her parents, who ran a lunch counter in Brooklyn.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025
As Gold well understood, the fact that L.A.’s Korean dumpling shops, Armenian grocery stores, Thai lunch counters, and Salvadoran pupuserías are open to curious outsiders is one of the great privileges of living here.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
At Kitty’s Cafe in midtown Kansas City, with just two chairs at a small lunch counter, that wisdom holds true.
—Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Golden was reared on jazz and experimental theater by her parents, who ran a lunch counter in Brooklyn.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
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No one is standing in line at the snack bars for ceviche or smoothie bowls.—
Sabrina Weiss,
The Dial,
23 Sep. 2025
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The deeply personal ventures from an intimate snack bar with a well-deserved wait list to the 118-seat hotel anchor that caters to the needs of guests while nodding to the communities that call Houston home.—
Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Drama aside, Evans said that everyone became quite close as a result of living in the student-like quarters, sharing many cafeteria meals, and being vulnerable in a rather stressful experience, together.—
Shindy Chen,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Oct. 2025
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The first floor houses a lounge area with a panoramic view on the ground floor, where indoor courts are located alongside changing rooms, a café offering the experience of an Italian cafeteria enriched by a healthy snack menu, as well as a Golden Goose store.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These houses were once used for Rockport’s fishing and granite industry, and are now home to quaint shops, restaurants, and art galleries.—
Megan Margulies,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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Leisure and hospitality, which includes restaurants and bars, also added 28,000 jobs in August.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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With an exception here and there, most of these guys started gambling as teens, playing lunchroom hold-em and NFL parlays for a buck or two a throw.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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Margit and Bonnie drifted further into Pam’s orbit and decided not to speak to Catherine, which made the lunchroom newly problematic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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