war room
Americannoun
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a room at a military headquarters in which strategy is planned and current battle situations are monitored.
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any room of similar function, as in a civilian or business organization.
Example Sentences
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The way The Wall Street Journal described what happened next, Taco Bell essentially built a lettuce war room.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
So after the lettuce war room came the other half of crisis management: talking to people.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
At Spirit Airlines’s headquarters in Florida, members of the operations team gathered in a war room late Friday to track the company’s final flights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Much of it was awkward, especially when James Hagens, the eighth selection, was left waving at Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney after the audio in the Bruins’ war room in Boston went mute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
Ellsberg hurried down to the war room in the Joint Chiefs of Staff offices.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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