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Oval Office
noun
- the office of the president of the United States, located in the White House.
- this office regarded as the seat of executive power in the U.S. federal government.
Oval Office
noun
- the private office of the president of the US, a large oval room in the White House
- the US presidency
Oval Office
- An oval-shaped room in the White House that serves as the official office of the president of the United States. Since the presidency of Richard Nixon , the term has been used to refer to the president himself: “The order came directly from the Oval Office.”
Word History and Origins
Origin of Oval Office1
Example Sentences
His team has said to expect a flurry of executive orders - directives from the US president - out of the Oval Office in the first week.
The two men sat in the Oval Office and shook hands, a somewhat disorienting image given their history of volatile public feuds.
“This is what you’re seeing, kind of the beginning of that — when you see the current president and the president who’s coming in — sitting down in the Oval Office and having a discussion.”
And it’s unlikely the migration south will stop once Donald Trump is inaugurated and occupies the Oval Office once more.
Still, Trump is slated to meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday, a routine part of the transition process that Trump did not afford Biden four years ago.
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