boiler room
noun
1
: a room in which a boiler is located
2
: a room equipped with telephones used for making high-pressure usually fraudulent sales pitches
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The path from boiler rooms to boardrooms is not only possible but increasingly vital in a corporate world hungry for Leaders and managers who demonstrate resilience, problem-solving, and operational discipline.
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Dan Ringo, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Cleanup at Arrowhead Middle School after a fire that caught in the campus’s boiler room last week will take between four and six weeks, according to a Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools statement on Monday evening.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Damage to the Barack Obama SCTE is in the boiler room, according to MPS.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 23 Aug. 2025
One of her older brothers, Herschel Matt Frierson, got shot to death at his job in a hospital boiler room after an argument with a security guard there.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Dan Ringo, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Cleanup at Arrowhead Middle School after a fire that caught in the campus’s boiler room last week will take between four and six weeks, according to a Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools statement on Monday evening.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Damage to the Barack Obama SCTE is in the boiler room, according to MPS.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 23 Aug. 2025
One of her older brothers, Herschel Matt Frierson, got shot to death at his job in a hospital boiler room after an argument with a security guard there.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Boiler room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boiler%20room. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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