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cubicle

[kyoo-bi-kuhl] / ˈkju bɪ kəl /


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I opened it and found myself reading a familiar passage about the protagonist Winston Smith’s cubicle and the slot in the wall nicknamed the “memory hole.”

From Salon May 31, 2026

Lau's cubicle is one of nine in a single unit, separated by thin wooden dividers, in a 60-year-old building in one of Hong Kong's poorest neighbourhoods, Sham Shui Po.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

The Phoenix cubicle boom kicked off in the 1960s, when American Express opened a regional office here, said Philip VanderMeer, an emeritus history professor at Arizona State University.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Kendra said she had booked a ringside cubicle for the performance in Londonderry on Wednesday.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

They were the only people in the room but they shared a cubicle, the three of them, doing the interview.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Patients with more severe illness are in their own cubicles and only medical teams in full protective equipment are allowed in.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

The new rules do not apply to notorious "coffin homes", cubicles stacked on top of each other like bunk beds in shabby dormitories.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

I’d like to see a return to cubicles or small alcove-style workspaces and a step away from the fully open-office concept.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

From mazes of cubicles to plentiful lush balconies, office designers keep re-envisioning spaces to support our professional lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

The inside of the building was one long, dim, seemingly endless hall, partitioned into small, semiprivate cubicles by huge slabs of halfway-up concrete walls.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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