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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Taco Bell executives convened late-night meetings and set up a war room to manage the chain’s response to a cyclospora outbreak linked to shredded lettuce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
It’s a one-setting thriller that unspools in the pressure-cooker environment of General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s war room at an English country estate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Buck Turgidson, one of the film’s most memorable characters, while agitating the president in the war room for a first strike against the Soviet Union.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
The women worked in shifts in the base’s war room, or Hamal, watching Gaza through a bank of monitors around the clock.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024
McNamara walked into the “tank,” a war room with a huge world map on the wall.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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