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Recent Examples of queue
Grace McCarty, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2026
Travelers across the country reported lengthy TSA queues that snaked through airports, with some waiting one to two hours at security checkpoints.
—Tom Costello, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
Fans began to queue outside the ballpark more than six hours before the first pitch.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Take a queue from Kate Hudson—and all your favorite '00s rom com heroines—and embrace frosted beauty this spring, starting with your very own ‘liquid diamond’ nails.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2026
Travelers across the country reported lengthy TSA queues that snaked through airports, with some waiting one to two hours at security checkpoints.
—Tom Costello, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
Three days a week, locals queue up in front of the building, sometimes waiting over an hour, to receive free groceries.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
Fans began to queue outside the ballpark more than six hours before the first pitch.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for queue
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After a late night on Thursday, there wasn't a whole lot of time for the Illini to celebrate their crushing 35-point win over Penn before starting to prepare for VCU, with a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line.—
Ryan Baker,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Ralph Lauren is a staple designer in the Duchess’s wardrobe, wearing the label’s main ready-to-wear gowns and suits, and the more casual diffusion line for its flowy shirts and pants that blend seamlessly into her Montecito mom, quiet luxury aesthetic.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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Travelers line up all the way to the sidewalks for Transportation Security Administration checkpoints checks early Monday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport during the partial government shutdown on March 23, 2026.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Some questions may be adapted into full columns, and transcripts of the chats remain available after each session concludes.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Animal Life column runs on Mondays.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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So here’s your sign (and mine) to cue up your breezy bottoms for spring.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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Paris in the Spring, the title of Alexis Taylor’s latest solo album, isn’t just meant to cue up visions of blooming cherry trees in the Jardin des Plantes, or jambon-beurres enjoyed en plein air.—
Molly Mary O’Brien,
Pitchfork,
14 Mar. 2026
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Some talk of getting off the train and kissing the earth.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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The brand-new electric locomotive will now be known as the Nancy Pelosi train.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Charges were filed on Sunday in the deadly shooting of Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman last week.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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For example, individual filers can receive up to $994, couples filing jointly can receive $1,491, and those providing essential care to SSI recipients can receive up to $498.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2026
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And that was it for the night – four scoreless minutes after missing 13 games in a row, 11 because of a back injury and two as a healthy scratch.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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At the Korea shipyard, rows of robots are at work and the human workforce is expanding.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But what if the larvae are dead or missing, there’s no high-quality DNA or there isn’t the time—or equipment—to sequence the flies’ genomes?—
Rohini Subrahmanyam,
Scientific American,
10 Mar. 2026
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While many resources and efforts were made to sequence DNA through the Human Genome Project, sequencing RNA and its many modifications remains a challenging task.—
Marlene Belfort,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Queue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queue. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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