as in to line
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Recent Examples of queue
Michael Kan, PCMAG, 25 Feb. 2025
Guests will then need to wait on their virtual queue boarding group to be called to enjoy the ride, but a standby queue is not available to those in the virtual queue.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Kristian Burt, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
People who started queuing early for the passes pushed and jostled each other, leading to the stampede, Venkateswar said, and about a dozen of the 35 injured who were taken to hospital were still being treated.
—Reuters, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Noun
To sell the GPUs, Best Buy’s site has long used a digital queue system, which essentially forces interested consumers to line up to buy the product.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 25 Feb. 2025
Guests will then need to wait on their virtual queue boarding group to be called to enjoy the ride, but a standby queue is not available to those in the virtual queue.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
Aerial view of trucks queueing next to the border wall before crossing to the United States at Otay commercial port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 22, 2025.
—Kristian Burt, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
People who started queuing early for the passes pushed and jostled each other, leading to the stampede, Venkateswar said, and about a dozen of the 35 injured who were taken to hospital were still being treated.
—Reuters, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for queue
Noun
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In the meantime, the operator said it’s making progress on its remediation plan, including analysis of other areas and additional in-line inspections.—
Joe Sutton,
CNN,
10 Feb. 2023
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The goal of this relationship is to save you time, trouble, and money down the line.—
Brady Slack,
Forbes,
10 Feb. 2023
Verb
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He is being lined up to be an understudy/support for central midfielder Enzo Fernandez, rather than operating on the flanks.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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Three dozen people lined up to try and rescue Florida democracy, making their arguments two minutes at a time.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Also in her restaurant news column: an early look at the new Santa Monica branch of Din Tai Fung plus notes on Lasung Tofu & Pot Rice in Koreatown, cocktail and dim sum bar Midnight Oil in Long Beach and the rebirth of the great Oaxacan restaurant Gish Bac as Casa Gish Bac, now in Pico-Union.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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In his most recent Sunday column , Jim made the case that the handful of Big Tech stocks could rise from the ashes.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Aaronson was alive to the threat from out wide, intercepted the pass on the edge of his 18-yard box, then lost all composure and simply teed the ball up for Saito to curl home the first goal of a 2-2 draw (the sequence is cued up in the video below).—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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Those songs have cued up a big 2025 for Carpenter, one that includes a performance at Coachella, an opening slot for Tyler Childers, and a recent co-sign from Shaboozey.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Is Dylan going to get back on the MDR loyalty train?—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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Two workers were injured when a CSX train derailed in Curtis Bay following a collision Friday morning, the company said.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Ben is not named in the lawsuit and there have been no criminal charges filed against him in the murder.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Baldoni has denied these allegations and filed his own $400 million defamation suit against Lively.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Michigan State, the conference’s regular-season champs, had won eight in a row.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Last year there were more than 34,000 fair-housing complaints of all kinds, a record high for the third year in a row.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Smith also noted that scientists identify the two Motaba strains using electron micrographs rather than sequencing them, as would normally be required.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2025
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The two have a similar repertoire with similar movement and pitch shapes, so Megill is studying how the former Mets right-hander sequences his pitches.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Queue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queue. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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