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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

In 2012, he returned to the reservation with “Rez Life,” which I’ve come to imagine as the first volume in a loose trilogy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

He said he placed a reservation for the Roadster the month it was first revealed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI and a rival of Musk’s, said last year that he had tried to cancel his reservation after putting down a $50,000 deposit in 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

And a curious one, too—for every person in the car, adult and child alike, realized just then that they trusted this eleven-year-old boy quite without reservation.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

We had to wait 20 minutes for one at Miami International Airport ahead of the flight to Rome despite having reservations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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

After Franco posted a video on the subject, hundreds of commenters appeared to agree with her, although some did have reservations.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

I made the identical arguments that I had been making all along, and many people expressed reservations.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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