: a room that is designated for meetings of a board

Examples of boardroom in a Sentence

The directors are meeting in the boardroom.
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By late 2022, however, both Glimcher and Emerson Collective had stepped back from their original roles amid cost overruns, boardroom infighting, and a wave of high-profile departures, ARTnews reported at the time. Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026 The update followed a high-stakes boardroom showdown with the group's supervisory board on Thursday and comes after reports that the company is weighing up shutting four German factories and implementing as many as 100,000 job cuts. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 July 2026 Decisions made in the boardroom rarely considered the communities whose labor and ecosystems their industries were built on. Santiago Gowland, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 There is a compact, guests-only fitness center stocked with modern equipment and Peloton bikes, and those who need to take calls between omakase courses can use the attached business lounge and boardroom. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for boardroom

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of boardroom was in 1732

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“Boardroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boardroom. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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