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Recent Examples of queue
Emma Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2026 The long bill was pushed to the bottom of the queue. —Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
Lacey Minot, Air Mail, 28 Feb. 2026 People queue up at a polling station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture. —Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for queue
Noun
Ideally, the system is also meant to help cut down queue times, making for an easier and more streamlined airport experience. —Emma Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2026 The long bill was pushed to the bottom of the queue. —Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
At over one mile wide, it is so densely punctuated by the monuments, houses, and collections that give Paris its alluring gravity that simply to queue up for chocolat chaud is to be immersed in its legacy. —Lacey Minot, Air Mail, 28 Feb. 2026 People queue up at a polling station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture. —Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for queue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queue
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The league’s survival won’t be on the line, but the club’s relevance in the Denver market — arguably the country’s most successful right now — very much could ride on a positive result on Saturday.— Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
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As my photos of his shocking, horrific accident show, in an instant Stevens’ dragster turned sideways, crossed the center line, veered back towards the protective wall along the right side of the track and crashed violently into it.— Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
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The work is just a few steps from the starting line, waiting to greet the 30,000-plus runners who will line up for Monday's race.— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Shoppers often line up early on the Saturday morning of Record Store Day to snatch up the new releases.— Mike Snider, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
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Raphael arranges more than forty bodies across at least five centers of action, using all kinds of columns, arches, stairs, and loggias to visually slice and dice the space for narrative ease.— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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In his Sunday column , Jim emphasized that the bond market has been a helpful indicator for the broader market and what's investable.— Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
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Cheadle clearly figured out that his main job here is to cue her up and get out of her way.— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Cheadle clearly figured out that his main job here is to cue her up and get out of her way; that is greatly to this veteran actor’s credit.— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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Once on the train, Stetsenko and Lobanov could see the bright glow of the explosion.— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
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For the Chinese Pavilion at the upcoming Venice Biennale, for example, shippers could send a shipment from Xi’an to Venice via train with a surcharge of only $100, compared to a $600 surcharge and a delay of ten days or more on sea freight.— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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Advances in storage density, and the digitization of everything from filing taxes to laying out magazines, changed this calculus.— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Greenhaven also was on the verge of losing its license, according to a revocation notice filed in November 2018 by the California Department of Social Services.— Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
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And the two stars, who at first seem to be playing in different registers with O’Hara launching her punchlines towards the balcony and Byrne aiming for the second row, harmonize to deliver a master class in physical comedy.— Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
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Flying into Singapore over the weekend gave me a front row seat to the literal sea of cargo ships sitting idle in the Port of Singapore.— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
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Using a new technology which enabled scientists to sequence all 20,000 genes in a person’s DNA at once, Musunuru and others began to uncover their secrets.— David Cox, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
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But what if the larvae are dead or missing, there’s no high-quality DNA or there isn’t the time—or equipment—to sequence the flies’ genomes?— Rohini Subrahmanyam, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Queue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/queue. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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