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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
The Bears will continue interviews on Wednesday with former Cowboys and Packers coach Mike McCarthy in the queue. Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025 The queue for the Shrek ride winds through the ogre's cottage and then the swamp. Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
But that seems a long shot given the way teams queued up to shower Soto with massive offers. Phil Rogers, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 On Wednesday—a public holiday in the South—hundreds of people queued up to pay their respects at an airport memorial altar set up to honour the victims. Afp, Fortune Asia, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for queue 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queue
Noun
  • The goal of this relationship is to save you time, trouble, and money down the line.
    Brady Slack, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • 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
Verb
  • Others were already lined up waiting for Moïse to pass the political torch.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Readers lined up for hours to secure Target’s coveted deluxe edition and took personal days from work to read.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Here’s a column by Maureen Dowd on Trump’s Inaugural Address.
    German Lopez, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But Young, who spends much of the show with a boom box on one shoulder, just cues up another loud song.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Thomas Bravo is said to be cueing up enterprise security company Sailpoint for an IPO in the first half of 2025 after taking it private in 2022 amid the tech downturn.
    Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The couple took a train to Vienna the next morning to interview a Holocaust survivor.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
  • And if Jayden Daniels does enough to beat Vic Fangio’s defense at Philadelphia, the hype train can carry all of us to New Orleans.
    Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In any event, Washington’s intervention in a case after criminal charges have already been filed —absent new developments — would be highly unusual, as the Daily News has previously reported.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Enter Dan Loeb and Third Point who, on Jan. 29, 2025, filed a 13D declaring beneficial ownership of 9.89% of the company’s Class A stock with an accompanying letter to the board of Soho House.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Shafer, who finished third at last year’s BWT Finals in Hawaii, has also been named Captain of Team USA for the second year in a row.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
  • She was broken 16 times in six matches before the final, losing her serve four times in a row against Danish world No. 42 Clara Tauson in round three.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But, what the government didn’t reveal is that the virus had already been sequenced in Chinese laboratories, and found to be very similar to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The company has sequenced what Lamm described as the highest-quality ancient genome to date for any animal.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Queue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queue. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.

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