boardroom

noun

board·​room ˈbȯrd-ˌrüm How to pronounce boardroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room that is designated for meetings of a board

Examples of boardroom in a Sentence

The directors are meeting in the boardroom.
Recent Examples on the Web Marisa Garcia spent 16 years in aviation, hands-on in hangars, training centers, and boardrooms from 1994 to 2010. Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 But the conversations played out against the backdrop of persistent leaks that people familiar with the deal said could only be coming from the boardroom. Rohan Goswami, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024 But at Mar-a-Lago, Trump greeted Netanyahu and his wife Sara with open arms, and after their conversation set up a makeshift cabinet meeting around a boardroom table with Netanyahu’s top brass and his own. Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024 Since then, dozens of studies have shown that there is an optimum level of stress that can produce, say, the best boardroom speeches and baseball hits. Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for boardroom 

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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 5 Oct. 2024.

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