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cafeteria

[kaf-i-teer-ee-uh] / ˌkæf ɪˈtɪər i ə /


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Dahlia and Mark sit down with Slow Burn to discuss how Gorsuch fits into the current court, where he’s going next, and why he never took his job on the cafeteria committee seriously.

From Slate Aug. 29, 2026

Staff pushed furniture aside and crammed into the cafeteria inside the company’s sleek, open-air headquarters as executives took the stage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

That cafeteria approach to fare pricing came out of post-pandemic air-travel lessons, at least in part.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

All 400 seats in the sweltering auditorium were filled, with an additional 300 people in the cafeteria.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Ana catches up with me on the long cement walkway that leads from the gym to the cafeteria.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

By 2006, House cafeterias had quietly restored the French names.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

Cook is regularly spotted walking the halls of Apple Park or grabbing lunch at one of Apple’s Caffè Mac cafeterias.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Some of the cafeterias and coffee carts that are usually open to staffers are closed.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2025

As someone who grew up with rock ’n’ roll, the hyper-amplified early Philip Glass Ensemble, and really noisy cafeterias, I was unbothered.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 6, 2025

I’ve watched enough TV to know that cafeterias are rooms of torture and humiliation in both schools and prisons.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty




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