the Oval Office

noun

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

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The gift of a new plane to serve as Air Force One offered a brief moment of levity as President Donald Trump and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa clashed in the Oval Office over political killings and refugees. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 May 2025 Meanwhile, thus far during Trump's second term, Elon Musk—who leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and was present during the Oval Office meeting—has joined Trump as a vocal critic of the South African government. Callum Sutherland, Time, 21 May 2025 Musk has appeared alongside the president in the Oval Office to tout his work with the U.S. DOGE Service, an initiative aggressively focused on trimming federal government spending, having laid off thousands of government employees and helped to unwind entire agencies. Bobby Allyn, NPR, 20 May 2025 The strikes come after Trump and Putin spoke for nearly two hours on Monday – Trump from the Oval Office and Putin phoning in from a visit to a music school in the city of Sochi. Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 20 May 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 24 May. 2025.

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