cafeteria
Example Sentences
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It would mean more than 60,000 essential district workers — teachers, counselors, nurses, bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria workers — would walk off the job.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
The cafeteria in the adjacent building, located between the adult and youth sections, has been demolished to make way for a classroom.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
The ground-floor auditorium was gutted, the cafeteria looted.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
In the cafeteria, an administrator noted that the meal plan delivered growing athletes 2,800 “protein dominant calories” daily.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Across the cafeteria, Rachel was taking her seat.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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