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Definition of roomnext
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as in space
an extent or area available for or used up by some activity or thing I need more room to do a cartwheel they made room for him on the bench

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as in chamber
an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall finally had a room to himself when his older brother went off to college

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as in opportunity
a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place there's still room for improvement

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verb

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Recent Examples of room
Noun
The last two options would remove the pedestrian, bike, and public transit infrastructure to make room for the original traffic lanes. Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026 March 21 – April 19 Aries, your drive wants more room to play. Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026
Verb
Create cohesiveness from room to room A luxury-smelling home isn’t one note repeated everywhere. Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026 Davis rooms with his childhood friends Kel (Nicholas Duvernay), who quits medical school in the premiere to pursue his dream of acting, and Josh (Jack Martin), a journalist whose idealism and sense of ethics do not extend to using his media CEO dad to land a gig as a PA on a news show. Alison Herman, Variety, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for room
Recent Examples of Synonyms for room
Noun
  • Instead of a hallway of bedrooms under a single roof, the sleeping spaces are dispersed across the property, each with direct access to the gardens — a design more commonly found in tropical destinations than in a tony coastal enclave about 35 miles north of San Francisco.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
  • The new vessel has a laboratory space three times the size of the research vessel John Dempsey, officials said.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Strapping into a hyperbaric oxygen chamber is a unique experience for the average person.
    Tom Bogert, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • The five-day special session was dominated by a heated debate over property taxes, an extension of a yearslong dispute roiling Democrats and the Republicans who control both chambers.
    David Wickert, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • The band had been denied the opportunity to perform during Haiti’s pre-World Cup friendly against Peru, despite the presence of a Peruvian band.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina rallied today to give itself the best possible opportunity to advance.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • The April 2025 incident at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey sent three teenagers to a hospital, months after a California oversight body ruled the facility was not a safe place for youths to be housed.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • The Loews Kansas City houses 1587 Prime, the steakhouse co-owned by football celebs Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.
    Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • For just $18, this set includes four cubes in different sizes, along with a shoe bag, laundry bag, and cosmetic pouch to keep every travel essential in its place.
    Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
  • The April 2025 incident at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey sent three teenagers to a hospital, months after a California oversight body ruled the facility was not a safe place for youths to be housed.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • In a scandal that rocked the business, Davis was fired from Columbia in May 1973, accused of defrauding the company of $94,000 in expense-account violations, including paying for his son Fred’s bar mitzvah and a renovation of his apartment.
    Jennifer Frederick, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • Attorneys filed the lawsuit on behalf of Eric Peters, who was working from home in his second-floor apartment in The Clyde when the explosion happened on May 28.
    Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • For the best chance of seeing them, move away from city lights, lie flat on your back and look toward the southern sky near the Aquarius constellation, NASA says.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Now’s your chance to grab a closet’s worth of sleek, sculpting essentials, like the SpanxShape Booty Boost leggings for $44 off, and the SpanxSmooth Jersey Crewneck T-Shirt for $30 off.
    Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • While earlier concepts called for flip-up chairback seating throughout the stadium, engineers determined the historic venue's existing structure could not accommodate those seats without significantly reducing capacity or requiring major reconstruction.
    CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • The Department of Homeland Security is changing the guidelines for Iran’s national soccer team ahead of its third World Cup match on Friday to accommodate extra time afforded to other countries in the tournament, an agency spokesperson said.
    Monica Alba, NBC news, 24 June 2026

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