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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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She moved first to the beach, then to a reservation, and later, to the middle of nowhere - all in an effort to escape the feeling she was being tricked.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Without a reservation system, thousands of people are flocking to Yosemite National Park each month.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The Southern Utes’ reservation occupies about 1,100 square miles in the San Juan Basin, atop one of the most productive coal-bed methane fields in the U.S.

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

A message from Chee Dodge, our Navajo tribal chairman, was sent around the reservation by shortwave radio.

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

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

There were similar reservations about Arsenal's well-documented pursuit of Julian Alvarez.

From BBC Sep. 5, 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

"Everyone has their reservations, naturally. You being from the coal district. But I said, and this was very clever of me, I said, `Well, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns to pearls!'"

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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