the Oval Office

noun

: the office of the U.S. President in the White House

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The new executive order, signed Monday afternoon in the Oval Office, calls for reducing the number of childhood vaccines recommended by the federal government. Rob Stein, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026 Trump recently hosted Matt Koch, the lawns research fellow for Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, in the Oval Office to discuss planting new grass on the White House’s South Lawn. Jim Edwards, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 Whatever might be happening on the streets of American cities—or whatever the current occupant of the Oval Office might be like—constitutional interpretation was in safe hands at the highest court in the land. Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted a video of Blanche taking the oath of office in the Oval Office. Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Oval Office

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“The Oval Office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Oval%20Office. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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