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The widths of oxygen-broadened carbon dioxide lines in the 10.6 $\mu m$ transition have been measured by using a stabilized single-line $CO2$ laser as a $source1$. The measurements were carried out at $296\circ$ and for lower temperatures. The observed values are compared to the theoretical results obtained on the basis of the atom-atom model previously applied in the case of $N2O2$. At room temperature the agreement is better than 5 percent.