box seat

noun

1
a
: a seat in a box (as in a theater or grandstand)
b
: a position favorable for viewing something
2

Examples of box seat in a Sentence

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The next day, the jet was back in the air to JFK Airport, landing just hours before Patel resurfaced in box seats next to hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and watched Capitals star Alex Ovechkin break the NHL scoring record. Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025 The video showed Vaughn sitting in box seats next to First Lady Melania Trump and the president. Jay Stahl, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025 The footage shows Vance smiling and waving to the crowd from his box seat as the jeers continued. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025 That box seat the mayor sat in when the Yankees got good in the late 90s? Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for box seat

Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of box seat was in 1801

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“Box seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20seat. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

box seat

noun
: a seat in a box of a theater or stadium
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