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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counters
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There are 617 McDonald's restaurants in Ohio, according to the web scraping tool ScrapeHero.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Feb. 2026 -
Mesa's downtown has so much to explore, with unique art and local shops, to fun restaurants and bars.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Last month, the federal government issued its 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans — the nation’s nutrition playbook, used to set standards for school meals and daycare, shape military rations and federal cafeterias, and influence how companies formulate and market food.—
Dariush Mozaffarian,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
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Watching the shuffle being done on the grandest stage, with Madonna also getting in on it, was pretty cool after every kid was doing it in cafeterias, locker rooms and everywhere else.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Lunch counters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counters. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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