queues 1 of 2

plural of queue
as in lines
a series of persons or things arranged one behind another join the queue to my left if you need to return merchandise

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queues

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of queue

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Recent Examples of queues
Noun
Look at code reviews, testing, environment provisioning, security processes, release queues and production readiness. — Abhi Shimpi, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 But last Friday, Apple's latest iPhone launch resulted in long queues outside the company's stores across major Indian cities. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 The smooth journeys contrasted with the train queues at Zandvoort last month and the long wait for taxis to leave the Hungaroring in July. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 In a wartorn country where air travel is too perilous to even consider, the roads are the obvious option, but are jammed, precarious, and cursed with long, torturous border queues. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 And as more people handle their errands online, physical lines at stores, clinics and government offices shrink, creating shorter queues for people who still need to visit in person. — Andrea Hetling, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026 Continuing Biki Oberoi’s tradition, The Oberoi Mumbai eschews buffet breakfasts in favour of tableside service, thereby foregoing queues or crowded counters. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026 All automatically delivered, no queues, no paperwork required. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queues
Noun
  • With BLADEone, there will be no crowded commercial terminals, long security lines, or boarding groups.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The team is deep enough and has the talent needed on multiple lines to be competitive, regardless of the travel concerns.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The sports page’s bread and butter has long been game stories, injury reports, trade rumors and opinion columns.
    — Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Ionic columns mark the entry, leading to a foyer with sweeping staircases under 14-foot ceilings.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Whatever its financial troubles — and there are many — Paris retained its ability to assemble stellar front rows and impressive staging this season.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Nearby, the neat rows of grapevines and fig trees his family had tended for three generations had vanished under piles of rubble.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Lakes, mountains, forests and the endless islands are all within a few hours of Gothenburg so even without a car everything is accessible using the excellent trains, buses and ferries.
    — Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Then, in 2007, it was closed again to replace the trains with lighter ones and reopened the next year as X2.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • May 21 – June 20 Fun may come with a few strings attached today.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Gemini May 21 – June 20 Fun may come with a few strings attached today.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 4 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • This absence drives Shimoda to unearth historical records like FBI files; to visit Manzanar, the concentration camp his grandfather was sent to in Missouri; and to travel to his grandfather’s ancestral homeland in Japan.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • For larger workloads, batch processing can handle multiple files for tasks such as conversion, merging, compression, OCR, printing, encryption, and adding or removing watermarks.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Queues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queues. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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