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Recent Examples of queue
Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
The Harry Potter queue looked naturally spooky at night and served as a great storytelling setting in an otherwise unused corner of the park during the after-hours event.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Lacey Minot, Air Mail, 28 Feb. 2026
People queue up at a polling station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
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Noun
In Virginia, another 50 GW of data center projects sit active in the queue.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
The Harry Potter queue looked naturally spooky at night and served as a great storytelling setting in an otherwise unused corner of the park during the after-hours event.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
At over one mile wide, it is so densely punctuated by the monuments, houses, and collections that give Paris its alluring gravity that simply to queue up for chocolat chaud is to be immersed in its legacy.
—Lacey Minot, Air Mail, 28 Feb. 2026
People queue up at a polling station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for queue
Noun
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During a seven-run third inning, Aidan Martinez had the big hit, a two-run double down the right-field line.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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Your husband has a long history of crossing the line and then retreating back just far enough that there’s an illusion of change.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
Verb
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The 6-foot-5, 290-pound Miller will join five-star commitment Maxwell Hiller in the 2027 class and line up inside for offensive line coach Phil Trautwein, whose recruiting impact has been evident since new head coach Jon Sumrall hired him in December.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Low-cost clinics, payment plans, financing options, telehealth services and assistance programs — as well as a good pet insurance policy — all exist precisely for moments when the bill and the bank account don't line up.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Arellano was recognized for opinion writing for his columns illuminating the fear and devastation of local immigrants during last summer’s ICE raids.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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Sam Blum explored all this in an explosive column this morning, which lays bare the optimism sold by Angels general manager Perry Minasian.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Experts have noted that handbag placement can cue royal protection teams to move a principal along, adjust spacing or wrap up an appearance, all without creating a scene.—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Cheadle clearly figured out that his main job here is to cue her up and get out of her way.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The basketball star arrived at the gala in a blush pink dress, with one shoulder exposed and the other covered by a sleeve, complete with a train.—
Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
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The star was dipped in a rainbow of colors from her décolletage down to the spiral train of her body-hugging dress with fringe falling down the cuffs of the long-sleeve gown.—
Beatrice Dupuy,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
Verb
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Haines is among more than 1,500 property owners who filed a federal lawsuit arguing the moratorium enacted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention violated the Fifth Amendment by unlawfully denying them compensation.—
Michael Casey,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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But this estimate hinged on the fact that all those shipments had been handled by a small group of prolific importers — companies that quickly got ready to file their claims.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
3 May 2026
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These were all things the Storm should have been celebrating afterward, but yet, for the second week in a row, the coaches and players will be headed back to the film room to figure out what went wrong.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Soldiers stood in a row, keeping back the shivering crowd.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Verb
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As founder of Celera Genomics in 1998, Venter honed his method of decoding—whole-genome shotgun sequencing—which can rapidly sequence different parts of the genome at the same time and then uses machine learning to reassemble them in the right order.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2026
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Venter worked with Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith to sequence the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae, which resulted in a new vaccine for ear infections and is helping scientists understand how pathogens evolve.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Queue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queue. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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