receptionist
noun
re·cep·tion·ist
ri-ˈsep-sh(ə-)nist 
: a person employed to greet telephone callers, visitors, patients, or clients
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In it, Noelle Al Saffan, a police department receptionist, pushes back against sexism and police indifference investigating the discovery of the lifeless body of a teen girl in the desert.
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Almánzar’s star witnesses, besides herself, were the receptionist and the doctor.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Echegui played Cavill’s half-sister, Lucia Caldera, a receptionist who ends up assisting Cavill’s character, Will Shaw, after his family is kidnapped in Spain by foreign agents.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
But the impact of that decision first dawned on him when a receptionist there greeted him with a big, warm smile and thank you.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Almánzar’s star witnesses, besides herself, were the receptionist and the doctor.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Echegui played Cavill’s half-sister, Lucia Caldera, a receptionist who ends up assisting Cavill’s character, Will Shaw, after his family is kidnapped in Spain by foreign agents.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
But the impact of that decision first dawned on him when a receptionist there greeted him with a big, warm smile and thank you.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Receptionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/receptionist. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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receptionist
noun
re·cep·tion·ist
ri-ˈsep-sh(ə-)nəst
: an office employee who greets callers, answers questions, and arranges appointments
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