desk

That is more than one desk in four, politely asked whether it would prefer to be empty.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

The major networks each have their own decision desk where statisticians, political scientists and analysts pore over vote counts, historical trends and polling to determine a winner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

They sit on his desk and hold a special reverence now that the tables have turned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

I sat in the plastic folding chair in the office, across from Fleurijean’s desk, where a few weeks prior, a 20-year-old named Pierre Damas Bel had sat, asking for help.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

The fake smile melted off my face as Mr. Haber stood up and moved around the desk with the cash.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

At Rome's occupied Morgagni high school, where students have barricaded entrances with desks, protesters pointed to the crumbling infrastructure as evidence of neglect.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

If sharply higher bond yields finally start to shift investors out of stocks, that could ripple through banks’ stock trading or prime brokerage desks, which provide financing to trading clients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Dozens of “staff members” fill rows of desks in the bullpen — some clack away on keyboards, others have phone receivers sandwiched between their head and shoulders while taking notes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

It was there I encountered the stories about government workers being ordered back to their desks by the Giuliani administration in the hot zone.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Clusters of brightly colored balloons were tethered to the green-shaded lamps on the reading desks.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein