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restaurant

noun

ˈre-stə-ˌränt

Definition of restaurant

as in diner

a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises when we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant

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Recent Examples of restaurant The western addition would include new gallery space, a restaurant and a theater overlooking the south lawn. — Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026 As investigators search for answers, a restaurant is stepping in to help grieving families and those with loved ones in the hospital. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 The first one that visitors will enter through The Mayan’s Stolp Avenue entrance is a sports bar/restaurant called Playmakers that will be run by Jeff Allen. — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 The Idaho Statesman reported this week on several shakeups to the restaurant scenes in the Treasure Valley and McCall, from the closure of a 44-year-old McCall institution to openings in Boise, Meridian, Kuna and Nampa. — Chadd Cripe. Produced With Ai Assistance, Idaho Statesman, 18 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for restaurant

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Without another person’s preferences to weigh, diners can set their own pace or try restaurants that might not appeal to their usual companions.

— Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Slowly, always slowly, and always in the company of a human server, the robot transports dishes to diners’ tables, where the human server distributes them.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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Flames could be seen coming from the third floor and through the roof, with flare-ups around a grill atop the roof.

— Joe Brandt, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
At Helen, also downtown in a 1920s-era building, chef Rob McDaniel serves a menu almost entirely cooked over a grill that's inspired by his grandmother's open-fire cooking.

— Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of grill

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That’s a student sitting in a cafeteria or a locker room, noticing a name on a banner or a jersey and deciding on their own that the brand behind it is worth trusting.

— Karl Mawhinney, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
The reception was held in a cafeteria with a small stage at the front.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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