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Recent Examples of elbow room
Instead of feeling generous, the space feels tight and overworked, with chairs competing for attention and elbow room.
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Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 3 Mar. 2026
After having their second child in February last year, Zachary and Victoria Glasser needed a little more elbow room.
—Lily O'Neill, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2026
The angle of the open tent top will cut into the 48-in (122-cm) width, affecting the shoulder and elbow room of whoever's sleeping next to it, but IO compensates by giving the fabric entry-side wall a similar angle.
—New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2026
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.
—Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 15 Feb. 2026
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Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 3 Mar. 2026
After having their second child in February last year, Zachary and Victoria Glasser needed a little more elbow room.
—Lily O'Neill, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2026
The angle of the open tent top will cut into the 48-in (122-cm) width, affecting the shoulder and elbow room of whoever's sleeping next to it, but IO compensates by giving the fabric entry-side wall a similar angle.
—New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2026
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.
—Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elbow room
Noun
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Then, the magic comes in the editing room, piecing together the story to say something bigger than one shot ever could.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
8 June 2026
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The 40,000-square-foot facility will include a permanent exhibit gallery, rotating exhibit areas, a research library, flexible education rooms and an indoor/outdoor pavilion.—
Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Noun
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The largest open-air living history museum in the Shenandoah Valley is expanding to include an indoor gallery space by 2027.—
Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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The Loman family home isn’t depicted in a literal fashion but instead fluidly suggested in a warehouse space that allows the actors to move unfetteredly between past and present.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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“Elbow room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbow%20room. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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