war room
noun
1
: a room at a military headquarters where maps showing the current status of troops in battle are maintained
2
: a room (as at a business headquarters) used for conferences and planning that is often specially equipped (as with computers, or charts)
Examples of war room in a Sentence
the war room of the candidate's campaign headquarters
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By sundown, Trump's digital war room was headquartered on X, and Musk looked like the unofficial campaign manager.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Career counselors have become therapists, and the extended family networks that many Indians have in America — uncles and aunts who will often help finance the education of a niece or nephew — have set up war rooms online.
—Anupreeta Das, New York Times, 1 June 2025
But the breathtaking audacity of imagining Paramount+’s German office as a Nazi war room raises the beef to A5 Japanese Wagyu levels, right along with casting an actor who speaks like a nefarious officer in a WWII movie.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
It is listed for $19.5m. During the NFL Draft last month, three of the Glazer siblings were on site, popping in and out of the war room as the Bucs secured their picks.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Career counselors have become therapists, and the extended family networks that many Indians have in America — uncles and aunts who will often help finance the education of a niece or nephew — have set up war rooms online.
—Anupreeta Das, New York Times, 1 June 2025
But the breathtaking audacity of imagining Paramount+’s German office as a Nazi war room raises the beef to A5 Japanese Wagyu levels, right along with casting an actor who speaks like a nefarious officer in a WWII movie.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
It is listed for $19.5m. During the NFL Draft last month, three of the Glazer siblings were on site, popping in and out of the war room as the Bucs secured their picks.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for war room
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“War room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20room. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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