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Recent Examples of waiting room
At the Smile Hair Clinic, the waiting room tells this very story.
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Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
This multi-level facility unfolds to reveal a waiting room, patient rooms, and operating rooms, each of which are spacious and well-furnished.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Jim’s friend Dale met us in the waiting room, wearing a beautiful brown corduroy dress.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The people in the waiting room clap for me and offer congratulations.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025
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Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
This multi-level facility unfolds to reveal a waiting room, patient rooms, and operating rooms, each of which are spacious and well-furnished.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Jim’s friend Dale met us in the waiting room, wearing a beautiful brown corduroy dress.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The people in the waiting room clap for me and offer congratulations.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiting room
Noun
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Gone will be a reception desk, replaced by an open-concept showroom with lounge seating, a center area with food and beverages and a person to greet the customer.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Sanctum is a lounge for the Disney Destiny’s adult guests.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Her journal entries turn despairing and remorseful, colored by moral outrage.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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The elevator will be replaced, while the building will receive safety and security updates like fire sprinklers, new cameras, lighting and a key fob entry system.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Citrus Heights Mexican restaurant was closed after health inspectors discovered nine live and dead German cockroaches in various areas including rice and bean bulk containers, wire rack storage and the hallway.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The prosecutors’ filing noted that Dugan’s lawyers have repeatedly argued that Flores-Ruiz and his attorney re-entered the public hallway near the entrance to Dugan’s courtroom — and were quickly spotted by federal agents.—
John Diedrich,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The vestibules that connect the ticketing entrance with the boarding area also have air conditioning.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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At one end of the terrace, a sleek glass-and-brass elevator car emerges from two trap doors inside a discreet glass vestibule, popping up as if out of thin air.—
Katherine McGrath,
Architectural Digest,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiting%20room. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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