waiting room

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Recent Examples of waiting room Gemma finds the whole team in the waiting room with Rebecca soon joining them. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026 Their waiting room is decorated with paintings that Martin (without assistance) brought from his collection. — David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Another is the contagion risk posed by having an unvaccinated child in a waiting room alongside infants and kids with immunodeficiencies. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026 Bonds, who carries the BRCA gene, remembers going to a waiting room and being handed a beeper that would alert her when a doctor was ready. — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiting room
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiting room
Noun
  • The 30,000 square feet of amenities included a library, lounge, gym, rooftop pool, pet spa and guest suites for overnight visitors.
    — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The Promenade, the Manse’s 2,100-square-foot sibling is also home to an indoor bar, as well as a large living room and many a lounge and dining area.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Deppert built seats in a barn to accommodate about 100 people and sold tickets for less than the Wolverines charged for entry into Recreation Park.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The songs on Purdy also have the tone of journal entries, detailing haggard trips to the grocery store, daydreams about his young daughters’ glamorous adult lives, and observations about the banality of oppression.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Stitt points out a photograph of Olney in a hallway near the bathroom, while recalling sharing wine with Lulu Peyraud, the beloved matriarch of the Domaine Tempier wine estate in Provence, among a collage of other French memories.
    — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Thankfully, a lot of our properties have high-school hallways in them.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But step into the vestibule and the Bruin’s movie-star appeal becomes harder to miss.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
  • On the main level, an entry vestibule and a foyer flow into formal living and dining areas.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026

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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiting%20room. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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