waiting room
noun
: a room (as in a doctor's office) for the use of persons (such as patients) who are waiting
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Kash also films discreetly from inside her purse as her daughter begins pushing and crying out in pain in the waiting room.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
On Thursday afternoon, the clinic should have been bustling with a waiting room filled with families.
—Ubah Ali, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2025
In a waiting room outside the office, petitioners sat on benches, facing a wall decorated with photographs of Bukumu monarchs.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
The waiting room music of the league.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
On Thursday afternoon, the clinic should have been bustling with a waiting room filled with families.
—Ubah Ali, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2025
In a waiting room outside the office, petitioners sat on benches, facing a wall decorated with photographs of Bukumu monarchs.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
The waiting room music of the league.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for waiting room
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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waiting%20room. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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