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cafeteria

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


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Whenever he visits another office, he eats in the employee cafeteria.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 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

Army would set up a table inside the cafeteria of our high school where they would recruit these kids—not even young men and women—into the service.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2026

Any time somebody barfs in the hall, or there’s a food fight in the cafeteria, guess who has to clean it up.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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

Restaurants and cafeterias have also been locked up as owners take precautionary measures.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2025

I slept with blacks in the same dormitory, ate meals with them in the same cafeterias.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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