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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Users reported long wait times, being stuck in virtual waiting rooms, being kicked off the site while in line and long loading times.
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
There’s also a lovely waiting room exchange with a nervous older cancer patient (screen veteran Aurore Clément), full of fears and reassurances.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
This book’s rightful home is in the waiting room of a child psychologist’s office, where it should be presented in the same spirit with which Dum-Dums are left in a dentist’s reception area.
—Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Back on the 20th floor, dozens of immigrants, court observers, federal agents and journalists lingered in the waiting room and halls.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
There’s also a lovely waiting room exchange with a nervous older cancer patient (screen veteran Aurore Clément), full of fears and reassurances.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
This book’s rightful home is in the waiting room of a child psychologist’s office, where it should be presented in the same spirit with which Dum-Dums are left in a dentist’s reception area.
—Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Back on the 20th floor, dozens of immigrants, court observers, federal agents and journalists lingered in the waiting room and halls.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waiting%20room. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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