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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Kathrin has claimed to have met Gaston in the waiting room of a doctor’s office in 2004.
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Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
Matches are fast but tense; systems are readable but deep; and the surrounding social layer, Super Animal World, reframes downtime as a meaningful part of the experience rather than a waiting room.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
At the embassy, all of the other families in the waiting room were Pakistani—none was Afghan.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
Back in the waiting room, at least 10 people are fleeing the hospital after seeing or hearing that ICE was there.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
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Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
Matches are fast but tense; systems are readable but deep; and the surrounding social layer, Super Animal World, reframes downtime as a meaningful part of the experience rather than a waiting room.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
At the embassy, all of the other families in the waiting room were Pakistani—none was Afghan.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
Back in the waiting room, at least 10 people are fleeing the hospital after seeing or hearing that ICE was there.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
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 3 Apr. 2026.
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