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reservation

[rez-er-vey-shuhn] / ˌrɛz ərˈveɪ ʃən /


NOUN
the act of holding something, or thing held for future use
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NOUN
habitat for large group
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This is a plan-in-advance activity, because getting a coveted table at the luxe restaurant — which is small relative to the size of the museum — requires a reservation.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

The tribe’s leaders placed a 10-year moratorium on new oil and gas leasing while they formed their own energy department and developed detailed geological maps of their reservation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The system could automatically respond to a text message asking about when your flight arrives, or place a restaurant reservation based on a conversation.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

The service said the vehicle fire had spread into the central reservation, before progressing into nearby heathland.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

With the tribe’s approval, Florer and a wealthy banking partner obtained a lease to begin drilling on the reservation.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

What they got instead, decades later, were much were smaller “rancheria” reservations that the government again terminated in 1950s.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Arsenal always had reservations about paying the fee needed to get Barcola too.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Jay Katzeff, the president of Canadian rental and real-estate company Cottage Vacations, said he has seen a 110 percent bump in the number of reservations next summer compared to this time last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

But his plan ran up against opposition from some of the heirs as well as reservations from Delfin's board of directors.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

He didn’t share his reservations with Mills, an omission he would come to regret.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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