lunch counter

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Recent Examples of lunch counter During the morning rush, two men walked in and pointed their guns toward the lunch counter. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024 This historic downtown restaurant honors the original 1960s lunch counter where nine Black college students were arrested during a sit-in, becoming the first protestors to serve jail time during the Civil Rights Movement. Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024 Craft played a crucial role in integrating two universities, the 1954 Texas State Fair, and Dallas theaters, restaurants, and lunch counters. Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Feb. 2024 Stroll Bristol’s State Street, divided by the Virginia-Tennessee state line, and explore a vibrant tableau of storefronts, lunch counters, and restaurants. Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lunch counter 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
  • Each treat features the sweet tastes of candies and drinks found in almost every cinema snack bar: There's the Caramel Popcorn Doughnut, Candy Double Feature Doughnut, Blue Raspberry Slush Doughnut and the Cookie Dough Superstar Doughnut.
    Mona Thomas, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Four or fewer corporations also control 93% of soda sales, including Coke and Pepsi, 80% of candy, such as Hershey, Mondelez and Mars, 60% of snack bars, including Mars, Kellanova and General Mills, 66% of frozen pizza, 60% of bread, 80% of toothpaste and 80% of toilet paper sales.
    Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • King announced the creation of Operation Breadbasket in the cafeteria.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
  • After the initial awkwardness in the cafeteria, the Gaynors said, Kaspar and Carbona eventually came over and sat with them.
    Robin Fields, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In addition, the past two winters the Lodge has hosted a ski season pop-up of California’s heralded Michelin 3-Star restaurant SingleThread.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The proposal would expand the reach of the city’s existing Fair Work Week law — which requires that employers give retail workers their schedules in advance — to include some 2,500 large chain fast food restaurants that employ roughly 50,000 workers.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Parents say school nurses or administrative staff should remotely monitor CGM apps, making sure someone is paying attention even when a student is outside the classroom — such as at recess, in a noisy lunchroom, or on a field trip.
    Kff Health News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Everybody walks on out and sits down in the lunchroom.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.

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