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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.”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Oval Office1
An Americanism dating back to 1960–65; so called from the shape of the room
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Example Sentences
He attended White House strategy sessions on Vietnam and Israel; a private phone line linked his court office to the Oval Office.
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His Oval Office radio addresses were famously labeled “Fireside Chats” and he called listening citizens “my friends.”
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Do Americans prefer a stressed out president — no fun, no sun, no life outside of the Oval Office or the Situation Room?
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These types of comments coming from the White House, from the Oval Office, it takes your breath away.
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These terms still apply even when the other guy is in the Oval Office.
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