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Recent Examples of queue
Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
Luzardo queued one pitch, a changeup to Ernie Clement in the third inning.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 6 June 2025
Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Plus, who could forget Beckham standing for 12 hours in the queue of people to see the late Queen lying in state in central London’s Westminster Hall following her death in 2022?
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 14 June 2025
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Noun
Dozens also queued to donate blood for the survivors.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
Luzardo queued one pitch, a changeup to Ernie Clement in the third inning.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 6 June 2025
Verb
Thousands packed out the Parc de Sceaux Thousands packed out the Parc de Sceaux Pokémon GO
The biggest queue formed outside of the merch tent.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Plus, who could forget Beckham standing for 12 hours in the queue of people to see the late Queen lying in state in central London’s Westminster Hall following her death in 2022?
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for queue
Noun
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In the meantime, the operator said it’s making progress on its remediation plan, including analysis of other areas and additional in-line inspections.—
Joe Sutton,
CNN,
10 Feb. 2023
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The goal of this relationship is to save you time, trouble, and money down the line.—
Brady Slack,
Forbes,
10 Feb. 2023
Verb
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But Talamo and her colleagues claim that original date didn’t line up well with the ages of other nearby artifacts from the same layer of the cave floor.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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Despite everything lining up perfectly, June 26th, unfortunately, wasn’t the day for sub-4 to manifest itself.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
Noun
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The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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The Let’s Toast series, inspired by the ESSENCE column, centered the stories of Black folks making waves in the wine industry, in tequila, and those who’ve embraced sober living in their lives and businesses.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Jennifer Lawrence is fond of black lace-up Vans while Katie Holmes swears by her Reeboks—cue the nostalgia!—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
9 July 2025
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Everyone has more money to spend, so cue the player movement mayhem, right?—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Omar took a train to the Antelope Valley in late March to visit Garcia Aquino, a youth travel soccer coach with the Hurricane Valley boys soccer club in the Sylmar area.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
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Nazario's son Zackery died after unlocking a train door, climbing on top of a moving train, and turning to look at his girlfriend just as the train crossed the Williamsburg Bridge.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
Verb
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Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit last month seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to put the project on hold until legal wrangling is resolved.—
Dara Kam,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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Paramount paid $16 million to the Trump Library fund to settle a lawsuit Trump filed against it, following itsCBS’s 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris last year, which her then-campaign rival, Trump, did not like.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Albania ranks at the bottom for the second year in a row, with just 16.0% of its sites classified as excellent—a sharp drop from 41.2% last year.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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This is Judge’s sixth 30-homer season and his fifth in a row.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
Verb
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Construction teams can sequence work stages, plan material deliveries, and schedule the right workers.—
Kathleen Kewley,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Next, the team sequenced RNA from mitochondria in the brain tissue from 19 people between the ages of 13 and 78.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
3 July 2025
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“Queue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queue. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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