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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Premise, setting, and production Each season of The Pitt takes place over the course of one 15-hour shift in the hospital emergency room of the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center, whose waiting room is always packed to the brim with people needing care.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Apr. 2026
Koniver greeted me in his waiting room, which featured a soft-rock soundtrack and brochures for serums and stem cells.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
In fact, she was even accompanied to the waiting room by a nurse.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Kathrin has claimed to have met Gaston in the waiting room of a doctor’s office in 2004.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Apr. 2026
Koniver greeted me in his waiting room, which featured a soft-rock soundtrack and brochures for serums and stem cells.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
In fact, she was even accompanied to the waiting room by a nurse.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Kathrin has claimed to have met Gaston in the waiting room of a doctor’s office in 2004.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 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 11 Apr. 2026.
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