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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

But despite our lack of a reservation, the maître d’, Victoria Dearing, seated us at a two-top anyway for the supper menu, which included classic steak frites and their famed Black Label Burger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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

Roberts posted a photo of a Roadster reservation confirmation email, dated Nov. 30, 2017.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

True, but I can take the reservation for your table sitting anywhere in the world, if the restaurant does not have an operator.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

The reservations poured in, but fans of the truck would have to wait a while.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Lord Kinnock, who is the father of Welsh Secretary Stephen Kinnock, also said he reservations about devolving justice to Wales - a key demand of the Plaid Cymru Welsh government.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 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

All this was true enough, but sign them he did, despite his own reservations and against the advice of moderate Federalists like John Marshall.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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