cubicle
noun
cu·bi·cle
ˈkyü-bi-kəl 
1
: a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
2
a
: a small partitioned space
especially
: one with a desk used for work in a business office
b
: carrel
Examples of cubicle in a Sentence
data entry clerks busily typing in cubicles
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The tension begins with a seemingly innocuous scene of Hal walking through a warren of cubicles at the CIA headquarters, on his way for an official U.S. government call to explain the VP’s role in the bombing.
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Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
The film, directed by Mike Judge, was set in a fictional software company called Initech; many scenes played out under fluorescent lights in a featureless warren of cubicles.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
Out of the cubicles, into the aisles Corporate workers at Home Depot are going to have to start getting their hands dirty.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
The first of two acts is set at a high-profile magazine, with images of framed covers of New Yorker magazine (where Jacobs-Jenkins worked for his first job) flank a perfunctory workspace of dreary office cubicles.
—Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
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Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
The film, directed by Mike Judge, was set in a fictional software company called Initech; many scenes played out under fluorescent lights in a featureless warren of cubicles.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
Out of the cubicles, into the aisles Corporate workers at Home Depot are going to have to start getting their hands dirty.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
The first of two acts is set at a high-profile magazine, with images of framed covers of New Yorker magazine (where Jacobs-Jenkins worked for his first job) flank a perfunctory workspace of dreary office cubicles.
—Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Cubicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cubicle. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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cubicle
noun
cu·bi·cle
ˈkyü-bi-kəl
: a small separate space (as for sleeping, studying, or working) usually having removable partitions
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