the Oval Office

noun

: the office of the U.S. President in the White House

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The president was spotted peeking at the design, drawn up by Harrison Design, during a meeting in the Oval Office with Finnish President Alexander Stubb. Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025 When Netanyahu visited the Oval Office, his host forced him to apologize to Qatar’s prime minister by phone as everyone looked on. Karl Vick, Time, 11 Oct. 2025 The apology included a humiliating visual of the call from the Oval Office which was posted on social media for the world to see. Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025 After the burglary of Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate, in June, 1972, Nixon recalled the Manson episode in several moments captured by the Oval Office taping system, according to Jason Schwartz, the research director at the Richard Nixon Foundation. Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Oval Office

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“The Oval Office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Oval%20Office. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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