workspace
noun
work·space
ˈwərk-ˌspās 
plural workspaces
: space for doing work
Every kitchen would benefit from an island. Islands provide additional storage and workspace to prepare food …—
Mia Hannom
: such as
Mia Hannom
a
: an environment in which people perform professional work : office sense 1c
COVID-19 fundamentally changed the way the world saw working from home. While many businesses have transitioned back to a centralized, physical workspace, nobody has forgotten the lessons taught by more than a year of video chats and email-based conversations.—Larry Alton
Larry Alton
b
: a space for the performance of a specialized task usually by a single individual : workstation sense 1
The student's backpack hook is near my desk, giving him a behind-the-scenes peek at my cluttered workspace.—Nick Fuller Googins
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Rowen last year also announced the project’s first vertical construction, a 10,000-square-foot event and workspace center.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
O’Neal picked this particular booth – a worn wooden pew of stark right angles, second on the left – to be his workspace a few weeks earlier.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Among other things, the Pentagon announced that the Correspondents’ Corridor, the journalist workspaces, would be closed, with plans to move reporters to an annex outside the building.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
Keep your workspace clean and dust-free.
—Allison Forsyth, Health, 8 Apr. 2026
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Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
O’Neal picked this particular booth – a worn wooden pew of stark right angles, second on the left – to be his workspace a few weeks earlier.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Among other things, the Pentagon announced that the Correspondents’ Corridor, the journalist workspaces, would be closed, with plans to move reporters to an annex outside the building.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
Keep your workspace clean and dust-free.
—Allison Forsyth, Health, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Workspace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workspace. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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