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Recent Examples of elbow room
Other cities have better infrastructure, fewer rats, cleaner streets, plentiful public toilets, more elbow room.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 5 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
Cosmic Guitar Even with a seemingly infinite amount of elbow room, sometimes galaxies stick together thanks to gravity.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
With that extra elbow room, Numarine was able to revamp the aft and beach club area.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2025
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 5 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
Cosmic Guitar Even with a seemingly infinite amount of elbow room, sometimes galaxies stick together thanks to gravity.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
With that extra elbow room, Numarine was able to revamp the aft and beach club area.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elbow room
Noun
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The common areas of the development include a community room with full kitchen, event room, lounge areas and a fitness center.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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Once it’s established that all of this is Scottish-kosher, the rest of the men in the room — including MacKinney — line up to pledge their support.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Anderson brought the buyer and seller together in like-minded negotiation, with the new owners committed to fully restoring Bull Head Lodge back to its original state and the desire to share the space as a preserved artifact with the arts community once that is complete.—
Catherine Dunwoody,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Estate sales are typically large cleanouts of entire homes, businesses, rental properties, or office spaces, where everything must be sold.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Elbow room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbow%20room. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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