: 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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At San Francisco startup Mochi Health, that includes regular poker games, free DoorDash meals and workspaces that are more living room than boardroom. — CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026 Now that new tools like synthetic audiences are being thrown into the mix, the boardroom faces a novel problem. — Sam Peskin, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026 Technology executives must be candid arbiters of AI, even when that means tempering boardroom enthusiasm. — Jaime Meritt, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026 War brings us inside the lawyers boardrooms and peels back the pages of prenups of the rich and famous. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boardroom

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

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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 12 Nov. 2026.

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