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as in line
a series of persons or things arranged one behind another join the queue to my left if you need to return merchandise

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verb

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Noun
The high visibility of officers is meant to slow down drivers, allow quick response to incidents on I-465 and address traffic queue issues. Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2024 People often post online complaining about being stuck in long online queues and missing out on tickets. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
Verb
Heaton is confident that fans of Represent will queue up when the store opens. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 2 Sep. 2024 Southwest cares about that far more than about the philosophy behind queueing systems. Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for queue 

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“Queue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queue. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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