war room
noun
1
: a room at a military headquarters where maps showing the current status of troops in battle are maintained
2
: a room (as at a business headquarters) used for conferences and planning that is often specially equipped (as with computers, or charts)
Examples of war room in a Sentence
the war room of the candidate's campaign headquarters
Recent Examples on the Web
As touched on earlier, bringing all key stakeholders to a war room and agreeing on a common risk framework and language is the first step toward implementing a positive risk culture.
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Prasad Sabbineni, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The room, with its huge round table and circular light fixture, very much resembles Ken Adam’s iconic war room set from the Cold War classic Dr. Strangelove.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024
Ozai himself also looms large throughout the season, and Kim brings a regal, paternalistic malice to the role, stalking through war rooms and palace hallways with unsettling regality.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2024
On May 7, 1945, at close to 3:00 am, a representative of the Third Reich unilaterally surrendered to Lt. General Walter Smith on behalf of President Eisenhower, then to the allied nations, in a makeshift war room, the Reims Room, which before and after the war was a children's school.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The beds, the safe rooms and the central war room were torched.
—Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
The TikTok account is an extension of the campaign’s digital war room.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2024
Garcia said after stepping out of a trailer near his farm that he’s converted into an anti-landfill war room plastered with maps and whiteboards scribbled with talking points.
—Tom Hays, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
Johnson, meanwhile, is rumored to have held war room discussions last month about extending the Section 702 program by amending must-pass legislation, such as the National Defense Authorization Act—which, despite being months late already, has yet to materialize.
—Dell Cameron, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2023
Prasad Sabbineni, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The room, with its huge round table and circular light fixture, very much resembles Ken Adam’s iconic war room set from the Cold War classic Dr. Strangelove.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024
Ozai himself also looms large throughout the season, and Kim brings a regal, paternalistic malice to the role, stalking through war rooms and palace hallways with unsettling regality.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2024
On May 7, 1945, at close to 3:00 am, a representative of the Third Reich unilaterally surrendered to Lt. General Walter Smith on behalf of President Eisenhower, then to the allied nations, in a makeshift war room, the Reims Room, which before and after the war was a children's school.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The beds, the safe rooms and the central war room were torched.
—Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
The TikTok account is an extension of the campaign’s digital war room.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2024
Garcia said after stepping out of a trailer near his farm that he’s converted into an anti-landfill war room plastered with maps and whiteboards scribbled with talking points.
—Tom Hays, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
Johnson, meanwhile, is rumored to have held war room discussions last month about extending the Section 702 program by amending must-pass legislation, such as the National Defense Authorization Act—which, despite being months late already, has yet to materialize.
—Dell Cameron, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2023
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“War room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20room. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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