a la carte
Example Sentences
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Diners can choose between two omakase menus, with optional nigiri add-ons, late-night alternatives and à la carte selections.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
While Williams-Sonoma offers a number of complete Thanksgiving dinners for delivery—including one featuring a Cajun-style fried turkey, and another with a honey-glazed ham—the kitchenware and gourmet-food retailer also offers dozens of à la carte offerings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
First-class passengers are even offered an à la carte menu and sit-down, waiter-service dining.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024
“In other words, a kind of an à la carte world, where allies are cherry-picked. We must remain alert.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024
"To blush unseen is Violet's idea of nothing to do—not, at least, when one is a perfect thirty-eight and possesses a good digestion and an infinite capacity for amusement à la carte."
From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William
