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waiting room

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Definition of waiting room

as in lounge

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Recent Examples of waiting room The station’s restored Great Hall serves simultaneously as waiting room, meeting place and grand public lobby, filled with soaring windows, leather seating, restaurants and bars. — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 In that letter, a section of which was read aloud in court, the writer recounted going to the office and opening fire, seeing three people in the waiting room on his right and four on the left. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2026 Join the ticket queue when the presale opens (the waiting room opens earlier for the presale). — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 24 June 2026 With no more patients in the waiting room, Dua excuses herself to see Haynes in the OR, where medical resident Lee has begun the procedure. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiting room

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In the second incident, the singer allegedly broke around $1,500 worth of restaurant property, including hookahs, DJ equipment, and sofas at Mira restaurant and hookah lounge in Manhattan.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
The pilots ate breakfast together in the hotel lounge, according to The Sun, and all of them drank bottled water provided by an outside supplier.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026

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In the distance, the two ― both staffers of nondenominational Christian organization Cru ― spied a female avatar standing alone in the virtual hallway and decided to strike up a chat.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 26 July 2026
With a bar in front, a hallway-like dining strip, and a cozy back room, the space feels more harmonious with Somssi’s easygoing à-la-carte offerings.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 26 July 2026

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