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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At a time when others clung to the stability of their cubicles, Marshall felt more inspired to give hers up.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2025
Johnson arrived as a graduate assistant in 2009 and even worked in the same tiny cubicle Poles had occupied.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Instead, some young employees are sporting crop tops and mini skirts to sit in their cubicles—and brands (like J. Crew and Aritzia) are leaning in.
—Zoya Hasan, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
The new house of sorrows, on the other hand, suggests the sort of place a white-collar perpetrator might do a little light embezzling before being led straight from cubicle to cell, stopping off at the employee cafeteria on the way.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Jan. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2025
Johnson arrived as a graduate assistant in 2009 and even worked in the same tiny cubicle Poles had occupied.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Instead, some young employees are sporting crop tops and mini skirts to sit in their cubicles—and brands (like J. Crew and Aritzia) are leaning in.
—Zoya Hasan, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
The new house of sorrows, on the other hand, suggests the sort of place a white-collar perpetrator might do a little light embezzling before being led straight from cubicle to cell, stopping off at the employee cafeteria on the way.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Cubicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cubicle. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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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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