lunchroom

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Recent Examples of lunchroom 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 The new brick school included a lunchroom and kitchen, and the Mothers’ Club hired a woman to do the cooking. Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2025 Keep smartphones out of classrooms and hallways and lunchrooms and gyms so that more kids grow into healthy, happy, balanced and well-educated young people. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025 The student — who’s allergic to nuts — was then taken to the lunchroom and left at a table that hadn’t been cleaned off. Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lunchroom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunchroom
Noun
  • After signing with Boston during spring training, Bregman sat with Mayer, Anthony and Kristian Campbell in the team’s cafeteria for over an hour, picking their brains, and later bought them suits for their impending debuts and big-league travel.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • Keep away from windows and refrain from seeking shelter in large open rooms like cafeterias, gymnasiums, or auditoriums.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Searchers discovered the two had made reservations at a New Haven restaurant that night and they were seen on marina security video aboard their vessel.
    Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
  • So that amount that large parties have to pay in a restaurant seems to not qualify.
    Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • While the Detroit-style pizzas are clearly loved by locals, diners can also choose from a variety of pastas, salads, and appetizers, including wings and breadsticks.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
  • Getty Images Consumers may be pulling back on spending, but fast-casual chains have found at least one way to keep diners coming back: rewards programs.
    Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • However, this June, that counter in Bakersfield is reopening, serving hot meals again, after renovations by husband-and-wife owners Emily and Sherod Waite, who have installed images of historical sit-ins above the luncheonette, as well as landmark pieces by artists of color from the 1930s to today.
    Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
  • Take a culinary road trip with the chef who opened a luncheonette in a historic train caboose on the Pacific Coast Highway.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With the key exception of a vacant lunch counter on the ground floor, the Landmark Center is now 100% fully leased and occupied by about 25 tenants, seven of them relatively new, following a whirlwind of lease signings.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
  • The last operating lunch counter, in Bakersfield, California, no longer owned by Woolworth, closed in 2022.
    Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025

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“Lunchroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunchroom. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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