cafeteria

Example Sentences

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The basic stuff worked just fine, even if it smelled faintly like a school cafeteria.

From Salon • 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

When it was time for lunch, the kids all took their lunchboxes to the cafeteria.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis