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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According to a front desk employee, this location is not renewing its lease and is closing due to increasing rent prices.
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
University of Houston student newspaper, the Daily Cougar, reported that McKissic was a Strategic Communications and Advertising junior who was part of the 2025 UH Orientation team and worked on campus as a front desk assistant.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
One nudges the instructor, who is talking to a walk-in at the front desk.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Pet-sitting services also can be arranged with the front desk.
—Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
University of Houston student newspaper, the Daily Cougar, reported that McKissic was a Strategic Communications and Advertising junior who was part of the 2025 UH Orientation team and worked on campus as a front desk assistant.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
One nudges the instructor, who is talking to a walk-in at the front desk.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Pet-sitting services also can be arranged with the front desk.
—Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Front desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20desk. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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