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Recent Examples of elbow room
The property purchases by these and other companies were undertaken to enable the companies to own properties for long-term growth and elbow room, some experts believe.
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George Avalos, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
Other cities have better infrastructure, fewer rats, cleaner streets, plentiful public toilets, more elbow room.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
An Apple dancer was holding up a giant banner and making elbow room scarce, which the internet seemed to think was more bratty than brat.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 3 May 2025
If the spot will be used for morning meditation or movement, outfit the room with the proper furnishings and make sure there is enough elbow room for its intended purpose.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
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George Avalos, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
Other cities have better infrastructure, fewer rats, cleaner streets, plentiful public toilets, more elbow room.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
An Apple dancer was holding up a giant banner and making elbow room scarce, which the internet seemed to think was more bratty than brat.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 3 May 2025
If the spot will be used for morning meditation or movement, outfit the room with the proper furnishings and make sure there is enough elbow room for its intended purpose.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elbow room
Noun
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Kevin sneaks his way into a room at the Plaza Hotel and gets up to his usual shenanigans in the building, which was owned in real life by Donald at the time, with Ivana serving as the property's president.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Oct. 2025
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Now let’s get the wide receiver room healthy.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Flexible, adaptable, and capable of navigating spaces once unreachable, these robots are designed to move like living organisms, transforming how doctors perform surgeries or how engineers inspect machinery.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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With Newcastle an incredibly disciplined side, Trossard was caught on the ball in a dangerous position in front of his defenders at one point, but the aim seemed to be to have him in a free role that would create space for other players out wide.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Elbow room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbow%20room. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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