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pantry

[pan-tree] / ˈpæn tri /
NOUN
kitchen storage room
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She founded crisis support centre Second Chance Medway, which runs a discounted food pantry two days a week, where she now sees not only people on benefits, but working people too.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

It is the food of pantry rummagers and refrigerator foragers, and it exists on a curious emotional spectrum.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

Lawyers offered free legal consultations to immigrants throughout the convention and the organization provided a food pantry at the end of the event.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

And yes, it was just as satisfying as any pantry pasta — equally chic, if you care about that kind of thing.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

She looked at the food in her pantry, a hollowed-out space lined with small stones in the earth behind the living room.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

Videos on social media show people stashing their boxes in their pantries or taking their boxes to the movies, the beach and on flights.

From Salon May 17, 2026

Some officers are taking on second jobs or relying on donations, union officials say, while several major airports are collecting gift cards and stocking food pantries for TSA staff struggling without pay.

From Barron's Mar. 21, 2026

The region’s Catholic institutions responded to last year’s aggressive raids with an outpouring of charity, reorganizing many food pantries around grocery delivery and ministering directly to communities many described as under siege.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

Blevins, the wife of the Camp Lejeune Marine corporal, had been getting food from pantries periodically over the past few years to offset rising grocery costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 8, 2025

We skirted it, moving through pantries to a storage room right at the end of the known world.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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