front desk

noun

: the desk in a building where visitors are greeted
We checked into the hotel at the front desk.

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These methods can work, but generic outreach is easy to ignore and a front desk employee may not pass the proposal to the property manager. — Nick Cherkassky, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Collectively, the hotels employ more than 7,000 room attendants, cooks, dishwashers, front desk agents, servers, and food service workers at more than 40 hotels downtown and near McCormick Place. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 Having been comically rejected by the National Theatre’s front desk the first time around, a couple of years later — now with several stage productions under his belt — Jaques discovered the address of Hytner and dropped him a note. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 Many showed up every morning, unloading pallets of potatoes, working the front desk, helping others who came for food. — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for front desk

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“Front desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20desk. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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