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reservation

[rez-er-vay-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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MI5 said it accepted the report's findings "without reservation" last month.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, posted a series of screenshots on X in 2025 that showed him asking Tesla for a refund of his Roadster reservation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

At least one of those customers said his reservation was converted into an order for a Roadster capable of using SpaceX thrusters to reach high speeds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Benning then had to ask the agent to cancel the reservation and ask the restaurant not to charge her the $50-a-head no-show fee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Johnny Manuelito’s duty was to recruit from our eastern half of the big Navajo reservation.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

Muse agents from Meta try to make restaurant reservations with AI-generated voices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

And keep in mind that influencers have an easier time getting into restaurants with impossible-to-get reservations than people like us do, so our experience wouldn’t be similar to theirs, anyways.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Under new rules announced last week, Airbnb will generally prohibit hosts from requiring guests to wash and put away dishes, strip beds or haul garbage off-site for reservations booked on or after November 20.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

When the federal government sent agents to create reservations for California’s mission-affected tribes in the 1890s following reports of dire circumstance, the agents inexplicably overlooked the Gabrieleno.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Even Susan B. Anthony had started to have reservations about Woodhull.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling


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