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as in line
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

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Recent Examples of queue
Noun
There’s a sidewalk repair request queue that’s thousands deep. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 Visitors can still use the free standby and virtual queues and pay extra for the Lightning Lane Multi pass ($32 and up) and the Lightning Lane Single passes good for Rise of the Resistance ($27 and up) and Radiator Springs Racers ($17 and up). Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 16 Oct. 2024
Verb
A week ago, more than a quarter of a million fans queued up to buy tickets to see the most popular British band of the 21st century in their home nation. Caroline Frost, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024 Before the cozy club’s doors even opened, the Irish singer-songwriter had already greeted some of the attendees queued up outside. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for queue 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queue
Noun
  • 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
  • The goal of this relationship is to save you time, trouble, and money down the line.
    Brady Slack, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Verb
  • Interestingly enough, aside from the clear win in Photoshop, the rest of the M4 Pro's small victories were in single-core performance tests, which lines up with Apple's recent claims of the single fastest CPU core in computing.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In the exclusive photo above, writer, director and Producer Michael Russell Gunn lines up a shot with cinematographer Magdalena Görka looking over his shoulder at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland.
    Stuart Miller, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • All the plans are displayed in a single column in the app, which is slightly confusing.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more.
    Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Laurent needn’t cue up Edith Piaf, either, Daryl assured the boy.
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Visual descriptions can also be a great way to cue anti-ableism.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • After five seasons of ranching, family drama, and more than a few trips to the train station, Yellowstone is preparing to launch its final episodes.
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Bay Area Rapid Transit police arrested a suspect Sunday afternoon in connection with a slashing attack that injured a woman on a train the previous day in San Francisco.
    John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Zhenya has filed a complaint for the assault.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The verdict came in response to many petitions filed after demolitions in recent years in states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
    Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • To put Golden State ahead, Anderson drilled three 3-pointers in a row.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Trump, meanwhile, is representing his party for the third presidential election in a row.
    Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The big picture: This pandemic is exposing legal gaps for sharing virus samples and sequencing data that could hinder responses to international health emergencies, according to a new paper in the journal Science.
    Alison Snyder, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Pask had already sequenced the Tasmanian tiger’s genome with the help of DNA extracted from a 108-year old pouch young specimen that had been preserved at the Victoria Museum in Australia.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Queue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queue. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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