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Recent Examples of queue
Powered By, AZCentral.com, 28 July 2025
Spectators began to queue up the evening of Tuesday, July 22, the night before the sentencing, according to the Idaho Statesman.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 23 July 2025
Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 31 July 2025
That’s a decline, but hardly a reason to drop Hill so far down the WR queue.
—Michael Salfino, New York Times, 30 July 2025
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Noun
See which celebrities queued up in Hall H to greet fans.
—Powered By, AZCentral.com, 28 July 2025
Spectators began to queue up the evening of Tuesday, July 22, the night before the sentencing, according to the Idaho Statesman.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 23 July 2025
Verb
On the weekends, the line to get in wraps around the side of the building as guests of all ages, races, genders and sexualities queue up to mingle and dance the night away under dim lighting with cheap drinks, wafts of cigarette smoke on the patio and good vibes all around.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 31 July 2025
That’s a decline, but hardly a reason to drop Hill so far down the WR queue.
—Michael Salfino, New York Times, 30 July 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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Later, Vrabel lined up as a linebacker and nearly was trampled by a group of offensive linemen.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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And the straight line up the middle of the defense (Jeffery Simmons and T'Vondre Sweat, Cody Barton, Amani Hooker and Xavier Woods) might be the strength of the team.—
Nick Suss,
The Tennessean,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Fifteen of the 21 columns have shown a profit, while 11 have beaten the benchmark.—
John Dorfman,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The victory puts the Current (14-2-1) back in the win column a week after the first draw of the season.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But if they get bulldozed by Arsenal on the first weekend… cue the beleaguered Portuguese man in the hoodie declaring they should just be relegated now.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
11 Aug. 2025
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In addition, there will be a fireworks display cued to the Beatles’ music after the game and the first pitch will be thrown out by members of the gameday staff who worked the Aug. 15, 1965 concert.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Its anti-drop and anti-snatch design keeps your phone close in crowded areas like markets or train stations—without compromising on style.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Aug. 2025
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National Guard troops watched over some of the world’s most renowned landmarks, and Humvees took position in front of the busy main train station.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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His administration filed a judicial misconduct complaint against a judge who ruled that Trump officials likely committed criminal contempt by ignoring his directive to turn around planes carrying people being sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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Earlier this year, the IRS mailed checks to those who missed the RRC in 2021 (returns filed in 2022, for stimulus checks related to COVID).—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The team was trying to return to Omaha, for the College World Series, for the second year in a row.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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After losing six games in a row — five by four or fewer points — Seattle finally seemed to reverse its curse by coming back from five down with three minutes to play in Vancouver.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That growth is fueled by falling sequencing costs, rising employer spend on healthcare inflation, and demand from biopharma for richer datasets.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Abu Dhabi is gathering the DNA of Emirati newborns in a significant expansion of a national genomic sequencing project that aims to put the UAE on the cutting-edge of health care.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Queue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queue. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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