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Recent Examples of lunch counter
Craft played a crucial role in integrating two universities, the 1954 Texas State Fair and Dallas theaters, restaurants, and lunch counters.
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
With the key exception of a vacant lunch counter on the ground floor, the Landmark Center is now 100% fully leased and occupied by about 25 tenants, seven of them relatively new, following a whirlwind of lease signings.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
The last operating lunch counter, in Bakersfield, California, no longer owned by Woolworth, closed in 2022.
—Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
The situation took off after reports surfaced last week suggesting the Greensboro lunch counter — a major symbol of the 1960 sit-ins — had been removed.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
With the key exception of a vacant lunch counter on the ground floor, the Landmark Center is now 100% fully leased and occupied by about 25 tenants, seven of them relatively new, following a whirlwind of lease signings.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
The last operating lunch counter, in Bakersfield, California, no longer owned by Woolworth, closed in 2022.
—Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
The situation took off after reports surfaced last week suggesting the Greensboro lunch counter — a major symbol of the 1960 sit-ins — had been removed.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
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The family-friendly films begin around 7:40 p.m.; the snack bar opens at 7 p.m. Attendees can also bring their own snacks and should bring blankets or lawn chairs to sit on.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
20 July 2025
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Other improvements in the works for the campus on Via de la Cumbre include a parking lot expansion funded by the RSF Association and a new snack bar funded by the golf club.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
Noun
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In my school cafeteria, meals are often processed and lack the nutritional value students need.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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Sitting in the packed and tense cafeteria at George Westinghouse College Prep School in Humboldt Park, Marquis Griffin did not envision himself having to be at the school on a Tuesday night in July, his children in tow and anxious to run around.—
Kate Perez,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
Noun
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While the restaurant doesn’t open until 11 a.m., the little counter of treats opens at 8 a.m. Monday and Wednesday through Sunday.—
Amanda Hancock,
The Courier-Journal,
26 July 2025
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The two-story restaurant can seat about 250 guests and has two 66-foot LED megascreens to show movies and special features.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
26 July 2025
Noun
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While serving as a dean of discipline in the Chicago Public Schools system, Brian Crowder approached a 15-year-old student in the lunchroom at a Little Village school and asked her for her SnapChat username, the woman, now an adult, testified yesterday.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Several lunchroom employees have left Marquette due to the cook’s behavior, according to the reports.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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