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lunchroom

[luhnch-room, -room] / ˈlʌntʃˌrum, -ˌrʊm /


NOUN
cafeteria
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We were mostly in this large conference room, like a church lunchroom, with tons of long tables in the middle, with these little semiprivate consult rooms off to the side.

From Slate Feb. 2, 2026

He’s fine when his background characters are just palling around the lunchroom, but the POV approach is hard on his leads, even talents like Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Elwood’s grandmother.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2024

BaronHR and other firms providing staffing had representatives stationed in the lunchroom, according to workers and BaronHR corporate employees.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2024

He was in the lunchroom near Corley’s office.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2024

The only good part of that week was that Zara and Omi ate with me every day in the lunchroom.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

Half-pint cartons of milk, served in cafeterias and lunchrooms across the country, are ubiquitous on the lunch trays of millions of students.

From New York Times Nov. 2, 2023

The town’s cafes feel like high school lunchrooms, with people wandering between tables to say hello.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2022

Walking that day past my old school, now greatly enlarged with lunchrooms, playgrounds, libraries and computers, I wondered about the changes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2018

Unfortunately, though, the same attitude that led to gamers being bullied in the hallways of high school lunchrooms has not entirely left our culture.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2018

As he walked down Wordsworth Avenue, under the thunder of the L, past lighted lunchrooms, oyster saloons, and pawnshops, Miss Chapman resumed her sway.

From The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley




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