cubicle
noun
cu·bi·cle
ˈkyü-bi-kəl 
1
: a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
2
a
: a small partitioned space
especially
: one with a desk used for work in a business office
b
: carrel
Examples of cubicle in a Sentence
data entry clerks busily typing in cubicles
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And they weren't allowed to get their office plants out of their cubicles.
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Nbc News, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
The consultant, Glastonbury architectural firm SLAM, will base its designs for 450 Columbus on the average state worker spending three days a week in the office, taking into account that some spend large blocks of time in the field and that cubicles can be shared.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
The camera jumps from his conversation with a bureaucrat to a man crying in his cubicle and back again, in a way that breaks the 180-degree rule, which requires cameras to stay on one side of an imaginary line drawn between two subjects in a scene.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2025
Other are leasing, but are leasing more space, building that space out with amenities to draw workers back to their cubicles and offices.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2025
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Nbc News, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
The consultant, Glastonbury architectural firm SLAM, will base its designs for 450 Columbus on the average state worker spending three days a week in the office, taking into account that some spend large blocks of time in the field and that cubicles can be shared.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
The camera jumps from his conversation with a bureaucrat to a man crying in his cubicle and back again, in a way that breaks the 180-degree rule, which requires cameras to stay on one side of an imaginary line drawn between two subjects in a scene.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2025
Other are leasing, but are leasing more space, building that space out with amenities to draw workers back to their cubicles and offices.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cubicle
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“Cubicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cubicle. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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cubicle
noun
cu·bi·cle
ˈkyü-bi-kəl
: a small separate space (as for sleeping, studying, or working) usually having removable partitions
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