QUEUES Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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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verb

present tense third-person singular of queue

as in cues

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If your ideal day by the sea doesn’t involve long queues for parking and being crammed in beside other beachgoers, there's good news. — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Russia's economic situation Long queues have been seen at Russian petrol stations as the country grapples with a worsening fuel crisis. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 July 2026 Candidates can lower voters’ bills by committing to cutting permitting timelines, fixing transmission queues, and getting new generation connected to the grid. — David Kieve, Time, 10 July 2026 Trucks were held up in hours of queues in 2021 when Saudi Arabia imposed new restrictions on imports from the UAE, as relations between the leaders of the two countries deteriorated over a dispute about oil production and rising economic rivalry. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026 Fuel rationing has been introduced in many regions, with hourslong queues of cars snaking beside roads. — ABC News, 1 July 2026 Fuel rationing has been introduced in many Russian regions, with hours-long queues of cars snaking beside roads. — Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 The companies building them are putting up hundreds simultaneously, in places the grid was never designed to reach, on timelines that utility companies, with their seven year queues for new connections, simply can’t comprehend. — Vinod Khosla, Fortune, 30 June 2026 The drone attacks are worsening fuel shortages, with people reporting rising prices and long queues at ⁠the filling stations. — Reuters, NBC news, 26 June 2026

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The potential spread of massive water and electricity-consuming data centers into Florida has sparked fierce opposition from thousands of residents and drawn dividing lines between its most powerful politicians.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Policy makers have nudged it into reserve baskets, offered central bank swap lines, nurtured its own payment system and more.

— Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 17 July 2026

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The footer is the heavy concrete foundation pad in the ground supporting the ride’s columns and beams that hold the track up.

— Catherine Muccigrosso July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
Pinta hosted card-writing parties and spread the word on social media and through my columns and, all told, sent out around 2,100 cards that year.

— Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

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Rey spent a few minutes in the waiting room of the ISAP office—a drab space with bare blue-and-white walls and two rows of chairs—before an official summoned him inside.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Jensen and vice chief Al Ferrer spoke with Essential California about his group’s philanthropy in between sets of rows.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of rows

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The ribosome is what translates genetic instructions to make proteins, which are themselves strings of amino acids that do nearly everything a cell needs done to survive and thrive.

— Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
Given the unique nature of spreading credit among that many artists, Gilroy had to pull some strings—bypassing people’s agents to meet one-on-one.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

Definition of strings

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Chinese exploitation of voter data claims Trump argued that the intelligence community suppressed information about China allegedly accessing 220 million voter files and trying to turn American opinion against him in the run-up to the 2020 election.

— Justin Fishel, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Senate Bill 519 requires law enforcement agencies to publish records, video and audio files for the public regarding deaths that occur in law enforcement custody, including jail deaths.

— Theresa Clift July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

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