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cafeteria

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


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The “slop bowl” became internet shorthand for the familiar fast-casual mash-up — grains, greens, globally inspired protein, sauce, perhaps an avocado surcharge — assembled with the logic of a cafeteria line and an over-$10 price.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

"The building is falling apart, the cafeteria is too small. There's zero budget, zero resources, not enough supervisors," Raphael said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

There’d been a part of me that had thought I might make it into the cafeteria and get something from the line, but that same part hadn’t accounted for reality.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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

Yet schools have many fixed costs, such as maintaining, repairing, heating and cooling school buildings, operating cafeterias and managing many administrative functions that cannot easily be scaled down when enrollment declines inevitably reduce funding.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

At UC hospitals, union members work in cafeterias, as radiology technologists, nurse’s aides and patient transporters, among other roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Post-primary pupils face price rises of 19% on food they buy from school cafeterias, while pre-school prices will also go up.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025

Not the kind that you see at construction sites, or in school cafeterias whenever there was a spill.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds


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