the Oval Office

noun

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

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And then on Thursday, after most of the show had been written, a man collapsed in the Oval Office, generating an instantly meme-able photograph of the president staring into the camera, looking oblivious to efforts to revive the prone victim at stage left. Erik Adams, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2025 Trump in May welcomed Harris to the Oval Office to announce plans for the 2027 NFL Draft to take place at the National Mall in Washington. Joey Garrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025 However, on Friday, an NBC reporter in the Oval Office pointed out to the president that this year's Walmart meal contains six fewer items than last year. Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025 White House personnel then cleared the press from the Oval Office, prompting the livestream coverage to abruptly end. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025 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 15 Nov. 2025.

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