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cafeteria

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


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In “Let Them Eat Goo,” South Park Elementary decides to replace its cafeteria meat with a plant-based substitute after Cartman suffers two heart attacks.

From Salon Sep. 18, 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

That cafeteria approach to fare pricing came out of post-pandemic air-travel lessons, at least in part.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Back in Avenal that afternoon, they filed into the elementary-school cafeteria, passing a children’s ‘Voice-Level Chart’ on the wall before taking their seats for the rival council meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

I corner Dana in the cafeteria line the next day at lunch.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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

School cafeterias are a common place for bullying to occur, she says, because the student-to-staff ratio is much higher than in a classroom.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 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

Some of the cafeterias and coffee carts that are usually open to staffers are closed.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2025

At Mount Weather in Virginia, the government expanded an abandoned mine, constructing a small city inside the mountain: reservoir, power plants, sewage plants, cafeterias, a hospital, a crematorium.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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