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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Since the 1960s when author Craig Claiborne, who started his career in food journalism as a receptionist for Gourmet Magazine, imagined a regular dining section and a four-star scale system to rate restaurants, the food critics’ ultimate goal has been to remain anonymous.
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Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Mealing, who used to work as a medical receptionist in a pediatric neurosurgeon’s office before her diagnosis and now volunteers for the American Cancer Society, went on Medicaid after going on short-term disability.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
Charges of criminally negligent homicide against the other three — a businessman traveling with Payne, the hotel manager and the main receptionist — were dropped in February.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
Now, did the receptionist share all the details of the company’s 12 economic engines?
—Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
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Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Mealing, who used to work as a medical receptionist in a pediatric neurosurgeon’s office before her diagnosis and now volunteers for the American Cancer Society, went on Medicaid after going on short-term disability.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
Charges of criminally negligent homicide against the other three — a businessman traveling with Payne, the hotel manager and the main receptionist — were dropped in February.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
Now, did the receptionist share all the details of the company’s 12 economic engines?
—Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Receptionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/receptionist. Accessed 8 Jul. 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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