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Definition of cubicle
1 : a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
2a : a small partitioned space; especially : one with a desk used for work in a business officeb : carrel
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Examples of cubicle in a Sentence
data entry clerks busily typing in cubicles
Recent Examples of cubicle from the Web
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Hitting the office’s legendary Indianapolis corner where the C/D art department transitions into the editorial cubicle farm, the rear-drive Buzzaround would gently lift the right rear wheel, with the rider feeling a queasy and tipsy sensation.
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The inside, appearing to be a little longer than the length of a basketball court, first reveals the wooden cubicles that were part of the Wildcats’ locker room.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Employees use to work alone in separate cubicles, each striving to attain individual goals.
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The cubicle eventually was disavowed by its creator, Herman Miller designer Robert Propst.
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His friends, one of whom is heavily pregnant and had been due to give birth last week, followed him into the cubicle.
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Diangelo and his colleagues on the second floor of the Northeast Utilities building put up small US flags on their cubicles.
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Our first conversation over our cubicle wall started when Kaitlin was prepping for a trip to Reykjavik, Iceland, a place Ashley had just been.
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He was recognized for predicting the office landscape would shift away from cubicles to an open-space environment, and transformed the traditional manufacturer of office furniture, the profile showed.
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Origin and Etymology of cubicle
Latin cubiculum, from cubare to lie, recline
CUBICLE Defined for English Language Learners
cubicle
playDefinition of cubicle for English Language Learners
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: a work space in a large office with a desk that is usually surrounded by low walls
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: a small space in a public room (such as a bathroom) that has walls for privacy
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