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the Oval Office

noun

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

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He's got to get out there, not sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office. ABC News, 30 Nov. 2025 Housing is a hard problem to solve from the Oval Office. Ezra Klein, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025 His most severe social media post against immigration since returning to the Oval Office in January came after the shooting Wednesday of two National Guard members who were patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital under his orders. Josh Boak, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025 The day before departing for a family ski vacation, Vance had scolded the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, during a tense exchange in the Oval Office. Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 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 4 Dec. 2025.

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