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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Two of them had even joined the waiting room early.
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Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
You and your daughter are fitted with masks before you are brought in through a side door to avoid contaminating the waiting room, and then herded into an isolated negative-pressure room designed to prevent the aerosolized virus from traveling into the hall.
—Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
The nurse came to get me in the waiting room and said the treatment was a success and that Marianne was coming out of anesthesia in the recovery room.
—David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
While some fans waited in the MLB virtual waiting room for over an hour after presale began, others received an error message.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
You and your daughter are fitted with masks before you are brought in through a side door to avoid contaminating the waiting room, and then herded into an isolated negative-pressure room designed to prevent the aerosolized virus from traveling into the hall.
—Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
The nurse came to get me in the waiting room and said the treatment was a success and that Marianne was coming out of anesthesia in the recovery room.
—David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
While some fans waited in the MLB virtual waiting room for over an hour after presale began, others received an error message.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 10 Feb. 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 22 Feb. 2026.
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