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cafeteria

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


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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

All 400 seats in the sweltering auditorium were filled, with an additional 300 people in the cafeteria.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Vegetarian food is served cafeteria style and in practice if not by decree, eaten slowly, putting down the fork between bites.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Most of the room applauds the tray drop because I believe that’s the officially required response in every school cafeteria and dining hall across America.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

By 2006, House cafeterias had quietly restored the French names.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

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

Restaurants and cafeterias have also been locked up as owners take precautionary measures.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2025

I slept with blacks in the same dormitory, ate meals with them in the same cafeterias.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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