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Recent Examples of elbow room
The reason Georgia’s latest winter bash looked nothing like 2014’s Snowmageddon is because most people left elbow room for crews to treat the roads and did not weigh down first responders with dozens of crashes.
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Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Cleo loves that her new office overlooks the addition’s main dance studio, which is generously spaced with 28-foot-high ceilings and 1,400-square-foot of elbow room.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
But for decades, the city’s live music scene has struggled to find the kind of elbow room that helped launch its recording industry to global fame.
—Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
With nearly 11,500 square feet of space over a few floors, Muji shoppers should have plenty of elbow room to check out the apparel, accessories, home wares, gifts and other items that the Japanese lifestyle brand is serving up.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
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Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Cleo loves that her new office overlooks the addition’s main dance studio, which is generously spaced with 28-foot-high ceilings and 1,400-square-foot of elbow room.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
But for decades, the city’s live music scene has struggled to find the kind of elbow room that helped launch its recording industry to global fame.
—Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
With nearly 11,500 square feet of space over a few floors, Muji shoppers should have plenty of elbow room to check out the apparel, accessories, home wares, gifts and other items that the Japanese lifestyle brand is serving up.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elbow room
Noun
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An operative would normally plan to walk alone to a hotel room to avoid being seen with an asset.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Having undergone an extensive 2024 renovation, each of the 259 rooms (including 42 suites) are bright and airy, with textures and colors inspired by the Canadian landscape.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Crews are asking boaters and visitors in the area to give dive teams and emergency vessels space to operate safely as the search continues.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The light, airy space on 53rd Street houses cooler-than-cool home decor items, tech accessories, tabletop design and furniture, jewelry, and accessories.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Elbow room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbow%20room. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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