the Oval Office

noun

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

Examples of the Oval Office in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web An open war with Trumpism is one academia cannot win, but the potential of his looming return to the Oval Office is also not to be ignored. Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024 The prime minister also met with President Joe Biden and administration officials in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024 Even President Bill Clinton left the Oval Office to join his secretaries. Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024 The duo are joined by Reuters and The New York Times reporters, Joel (Wagner Moura) and Sammy (Stephen McKinley Henderson), as the quartet journey from New York City to Washington, D.C., in order to document the armed factions’ descent on the Oval Office. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024 She and her spokeswoman and chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham, were later called into the Oval Office, where Trump yelled at the both of them. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024 Citizen, however, provides a new perspective about life outside of the Oval Office in the years since. Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024 Biden keeps a bust of the labor leader in the Oval Office, and Chavez’s granddaughter Julie Chavez Rodriguez, who once organized strawberry pickers and later worked for President Obama, now serves as Biden’s campaign manager. Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024 There are also glimpses of Bill Burr as President John F. Kennedy meeting with Seinfeld and McCarthy in the Oval Office, Hugh Grant in a Tony the Tiger costume and a discussion of potential names for the new breakfast pastry that include Oblong Nibblers. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024

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“The Oval Office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Oval%20Office. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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