as in snack bar
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Recent Examples of lunch counter
Visitors can see everything from the original Star-Spangled Banner and the Greensboro Woolworth’s lunch counter (which became a powerful symbol of the Civil Rights Movement,) to Dorothy’s ruby slippers, and innovations that span early steam engines to modern computing.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
The tiny bar draws inspiration from its past life as a corner pharmacy and lunch counter.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
Zachary Huerta walks behind the lunch counter at recess to take another chocolate milk.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
In the daytime, the cocktail bar is filled with light from floor-to-ceiling windows commanding a view of 5th Avenue and the historic Woolworth building, where, as a student, John Lewis led lunch counter sit-ins.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
The tiny bar draws inspiration from its past life as a corner pharmacy and lunch counter.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
Zachary Huerta walks behind the lunch counter at recess to take another chocolate milk.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
In the daytime, the cocktail bar is filled with light from floor-to-ceiling windows commanding a view of 5th Avenue and the historic Woolworth building, where, as a student, John Lewis led lunch counter sit-ins.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
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As demolition is currently underway inside the Ranch Clubhouse as part of the RSF Association’s restaurant renovation project, the golf club is preparing to begin its own project in the coming months, a remodel of the course snack bar.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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With power to the snack bar cut due to the thefts, even if daylight games are possible, a massive revenue source for the league has been removed.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Met café is a glorified cafeteria—and an overpriced one at that.—
Katie James Watkinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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Upstairs, the small cafeteria provides a proper dose of ski nostalgia.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Feb. 2026
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Nevertheless, everyone can celebrate (or drown their sorrows) with some of the free and discounted offerings at these restaurants.—
Mike Snider,
AZCentral.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Her mother, who washed dishes at a restaurant on weekends and cleaned hotel rooms six days a week, stopped going to work.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Anthropic’s lunchroom, downstairs, was where Claude banged its head against walls in real life.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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But fate placed them in the lunchroom of Queensborough Community College in 1985.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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