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Recent Examples of waiting room
Back in the Santa Monica clinic, as spaniels, doodles, and cats passed through, Eidelman and I talked in the waiting room, something possible only because the reception desks at Modern Animal are phoneless.
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Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
One cleverly has David meeting his father (Hamish Linklater) in the waiting room of the hospital where he was born prematurely.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
In a waiting room steps away from the hospital’s intensive care unit, a woman carrying brochures explained to Payne and the rest of the family that Black had identified himself as a possible organ donor on his ID.
—Kff Health News, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Benches like the one at the Villa of Mysteries have been found at other significant domus, or homes, in Pompeii, like a waiting room for a doctor’s office, officials said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
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Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
One cleverly has David meeting his father (Hamish Linklater) in the waiting room of the hospital where he was born prematurely.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
In a waiting room steps away from the hospital’s intensive care unit, a woman carrying brochures explained to Payne and the rest of the family that Black had identified himself as a possible organ donor on his ID.
—Kff Health News, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Benches like the one at the Villa of Mysteries have been found at other significant domus, or homes, in Pompeii, like a waiting room for a doctor’s office, officials said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiting room
Noun
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Each Residence has abundant outdoor lounge spaces and a large swimming pool, and can be booked in its entirety for a group retreat or a multigenerational family escape.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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Wiholl Cap-Sleeve Top and Wide-Leg Pants Lounge Set Wear this cozy lounge set on its own around the house, with a sweatshirt over for long road trips, or with a cardigan to run errands.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Or take or go—these being the next two largest entries by bytes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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By the entry, vans with tinted windows pulled in to deliver more detainees.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Surveillance footage from inside the car wash, reviewed by McClatchy News, shows a masked agent wearing a helmet racing down a hallway as Shouhed approaches him.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Williams, 43, took to social media with a video of the decor, a vase holding a cotton plant on a table in the hallway, and asked her followers for their thoughts about the display.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Banfield and her boyfriend were in the vestibule.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The company’s iconic flagship store near New York’s Central Park is an all-glass cube measuring 32½ feet (10 meters) on each side and serving as a vestibule to the store below.—
Aki Ishida,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiting%20room. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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