cubicle

noun

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cu·bi·cle | \ ˈkyü-bi-kəl

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 office

b : carrel

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Examples of cubicle in a Sentence

data entry clerks busily typing in cubicles

Recent Examples on the Web The coronavirus pandemic has created a greater awareness of the responsibility to care about the health of a co-worker in the next cubicle, a stranger at the bar, or your great-uncle at the end of the holiday table. — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021 Like casual social hugs and the daily commute to the office cubicle, the platform movie release has been a casualty of the age of COVID. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Nov. 2021 But does the return to the cubicle need to be an all-or-nothing approach? — Brett Crosby, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021 Coming downtown can’t just be about sitting in a cubicle, but about collaboration and creating a place people want to be. — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021 Czech President Milos Zeman, who tested positive for the coronavirus and was just released from the hospital, swore in the country’s new prime minister from within a transparent cubicle. — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021 No going to the office or friendly chats over cubicle walls. — Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2021 This was her home, not your sockless WeWork cubicle. — John Hodgman, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021 Hobart police, who released the images Tuesday, said the man ignited the flammable liquid and left the cubicle and the store with the puppy, a black-colored French bulldog-beagle. — Post-tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 9 Nov. 2021

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