eat out

Example Sentences

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Restaurant chains are challenged as consumers eat out less.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

If you eat out more than you buy groceries, for example, you’ll want cards that give you points at restaurants rather than supermarkets.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

Instead, they’re shopping at grocery and convenience stores—and when they do eat out, they’re focused on value, notes Nick Setyan, an analyst at Mizuho who initiated coverage of the sector on Monday.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

"We definitely eat at home now more than we eat out," says Joanne, echoing recent statistics that show a drop in people going to casual and fast-food restaurants.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

I felt the same excitement as when I’d been able to coax a wild bird or stray cat to eat out of my hand.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez