cafeteria-style
Americanadjective
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set up to allow a variety of choices.
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arranged like a cafeteria.
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“I’ve cried with my team a lot,” she said over the soft thrum of conversation in the airy cafeteria-style bistro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
The novel’s 18 chapters are served cafeteria-style, a little from this section, a little from that, to provide an overview of the main action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
Its tropical décor and festive atmosphere drew crowds of Filipino-Americans like Cheryl Balolong, 41, who grew up visiting traditional Filipino cafeteria-style joints in strip malls, picking dishes from display cases, eating and leaving.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2020
The pork shoulder, applewood-smoked and then made tender from a 14-hour braise with citrus and chiles, is four notches better than the cafeteria-style, hard-shell taco your kids eat.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
It operated cafeteria-style; Tarlac, unfamiliar with any of the food, copied Hovan's choices, and ended up with more than he could possibly eat.
From Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson
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