boardroom

noun

board·​room ˈbȯrd-ˌrüm How to pronounce boardroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room that is designated for meetings of a board

Examples of boardroom in a Sentence

The directors are meeting in the boardroom.
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Those deliberations are being made at boardroom level, whereas the brand team is investigating a potential change to the badge. Chris Waugh, New York Times, 13 May 2025 That’s one of the major dilemmas in boardrooms around the world right now, as AI continues on an upward trajectory. Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 Demographic changes inside boardrooms got a push in 2019 when California passed a law calling for a minimum number of women on boards. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 May 2025 The true villains sit far away in the Delta boardroom. John Roy, Vulture, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for boardroom

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boardroom was in 1732

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“Boardroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boardroom. Accessed 17 May. 2025.

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