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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As a young endocrinologist in the 1980s, David Klonoff was typically greeted with a full waiting room at the diabetes clinic at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Its general sensibility seems more Superstore than The Office, down to the interstitial montages of customers acting up in the perpetually overcrowded waiting room.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
At the Smile Hair Clinic, the waiting room tells this very story.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
This multi-level facility unfolds to reveal a waiting room, patient rooms, and operating rooms, each of which are spacious and well-furnished.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
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Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Its general sensibility seems more Superstore than The Office, down to the interstitial montages of customers acting up in the perpetually overcrowded waiting room.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
At the Smile Hair Clinic, the waiting room tells this very story.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
This multi-level facility unfolds to reveal a waiting room, patient rooms, and operating rooms, each of which are spacious and well-furnished.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 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 Oct. 2025.
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