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canteen

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Recent Examples of canteen At the back of a buzzy canteen, there are a pair of meeting spaces, whose names revolve with the latest academy players to have started a Premier League game for Newcastle. George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 Bring your fastest tubes and maybe some cocoa in a canteen, too. Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 9 Oct. 2025 His backpack had ripped open in the fall, and several belongings — including his cell phone and water canteen — were gone. Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025 The sandwich, featuring ground meat—generally beef—suspended in a thick, sweet tomatoey sauce, has become an avatar of the horrible school lunch, a cliché that tends to go along with hairnets, greasy aprons, and other elements of canteen grotesquerie. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for canteen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canteen
Noun
  • The legal friction began last year when the board proposed a massive renovation to expand clubhouse amenities in early 2024.
    Chase Jordan January 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The Cubs, not the Red Sox, will benefit from the many intangibles Bregman brings to the organization and clubhouse.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Meijer is recalling its 128-ounce Steam Distilled Water after reports of a floating black foreign substance, affecting jugs with a sell-by date of October 4, 2026 and specific lot and product codes.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Watching her character mix a jug of Kool-Aid with her bare hands, Krakowski remembers hearing the crowd crackle with laughter.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Kendricks spoke Wednesday at his locker directly across from Fred Warner, the four-time All-Pro who sustained a right-ankle fracture three months ago and is working toward an improbable comeback should the 49ers reach the NFC Championship round.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Some Georgia districts are already using locking pouches, but schools could also just tell students to leave their phone in their locker, to turn them in to a teacher, or disable them using an online application.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Sanders, though, was officially a full participant in practice for the first time since training camp.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The trainees nonetheless followed much of the usual syllabus, being ferried daily to one or other of the big Palestinian refugee camps under PFLP control for lectures and drills in unarmed combat and very basic weapons handling.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Shop our top picks below from $13 with everything from reusable overnight oats jars to portable salad jars for lunch, an electric kettle that boils water in minutes, and a multipurpose air fryer that doubles as a storage solution for leftovers.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
  • From antique metal napkin rings to copper tea kettles, there are so many timeless, practical items trending in value, waiting to be taken home from your local thrift store.
    Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 2 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The facility had different meats — including uncooked chicken, beef and fish — stored together in a chest freezer.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Hunt is said to be considering the BBC role, but is keeping her cards close to her chest in conversations with industry colleagues.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Edge down to its sister hotel, Belmond Villa San’t Andrea, for a country club-style beach set-up and twinkling views of Naxos Bay.
    Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Consisting of eight 30-minute episodes, this season unpacks the pursuit of the American Dream by way of an exclusive Southern California country club and two couples from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Beyond the impressive construction, the pitcher is designed with Tupperware’s signature smart push-button lid that switches from closed to pour-ready with the touch of a finger.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Skubal, Boras and the union might argue that the salaries pitchers receive in arbitration should keep pace with those given to position players.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026

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“Canteen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canteen. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.

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