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Recent Examples of queues
Julhas Alam, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Meanwhile there were no queues to enter the US and Russian pavilions and the Israeli building stood locked and empty (a smaller satellite show was staged outside the main Giardini instead).
—Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Submitting a request is inexpensive, and developers often cast a wide net by entering lots of these queues globally to increase the odds of being accepted.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
In response, developers are racing toward behind-the-meter (BTM) and self-generation solutions that bypass years-long utility interconnection queues.
—Tracy Yochum, Miami Herald, 4 May 2026
Developers routinely file speculative interconnection requests for projects that never get built, flooding queues with phantom demand.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
The Mystery on the Backlot experience bogged down as fans waited in massive queues for the Big Reveal finale that seemed to happen every 20 to 30 minutes.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Food-wise, De Vries’s tips include the terroir-worship set menus at Gaptrast, the more relaxed female-run Lola Bistro and Moon, celebrating the native cooking of French brothers Jules and Nicola Selukov—with the reindeer hotdog at the Tekroneren stand also worthy of the persistent queues.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
If demand rises faster than infrastructure can be approved and built, reliability erodes, reserve margins thin, queues lengthen, delays compound, costs rise, and strategic directives become harder to realize.
—Dan Romito, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
Conditions have eased slightly in recent days, with shorter queues at fuel stations after the government increased supplies, but concerns persist across sectors.
—Julhas Alam, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Meanwhile there were no queues to enter the US and Russian pavilions and the Israeli building stood locked and empty (a smaller satellite show was staged outside the main Giardini instead).
—Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Submitting a request is inexpensive, and developers often cast a wide net by entering lots of these queues globally to increase the odds of being accepted.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
In response, developers are racing toward behind-the-meter (BTM) and self-generation solutions that bypass years-long utility interconnection queues.
—Tracy Yochum, Miami Herald, 4 May 2026
Developers routinely file speculative interconnection requests for projects that never get built, flooding queues with phantom demand.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
The Mystery on the Backlot experience bogged down as fans waited in massive queues for the Big Reveal finale that seemed to happen every 20 to 30 minutes.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Food-wise, De Vries’s tips include the terroir-worship set menus at Gaptrast, the more relaxed female-run Lola Bistro and Moon, celebrating the native cooking of French brothers Jules and Nicola Selukov—with the reindeer hotdog at the Tekroneren stand also worthy of the persistent queues.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
If demand rises faster than infrastructure can be approved and built, reliability erodes, reserve margins thin, queues lengthen, delays compound, costs rise, and strategic directives become harder to realize.
—Dan Romito, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queues
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Granit Xhaka was the midfielder primarily tasked with threading progressive passes through opposing lines, while Florian Wirtz would often receive these with space to turn and run towards goal.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Some people quoted lines from his nineties hip-hop group, the Coup; others knew him from the 2011 protest encampment Occupy Oakland.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Students at the University of Missouri in Columbia took the fad to record-setting new heights on March 5, 1974, when 600 or so naked folks ran past the historic columns on campus while a crowd of about 1,500 people cheered them on.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Second of two columns on transformation in defense technology and manufacturing.—
David Ignatius,
Washington Post,
14 May 2026
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The two leaders met in the cavernous Great Hall of the People beneath rows of American and Chinese flags after a welcoming ceremony that included an honor guard and schoolchildren waving banners.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
14 May 2026
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To keep weeds at bay, spread sterile straw between rows.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Plus, Amtrak has added more trains between San Diego and Los Angeles for the World Cup, making the Surfliner especially great for summer travel this year.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2026
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Those figures include crimes aboard buses, trains, and at bus stops and stations, as well as on other CTA property such as garages.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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The tuition payments may be a gift presented without strings, but there are still plenty of reasonable expectations that come with a college education.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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International numbers or random strings are a clear warning sign.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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According to court files, former housekeeper Mileydis Morejon sued her former boss in December 2024 in Palm Beach County.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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Her name was among those released in files published in January.—
Claire Healy,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Queues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queues. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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