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waiting room

noun

Definition of waiting room

as in lounge

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Recent Examples of waiting room To accommodate those patients who’ve been admitted but don’t have a room, the hospital has installed dozens of beds in what was once the emergency department’s waiting room and in adjacent spaces. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Guests will enter a waiting room until the host lets them in and guests can be removed from the call at any time. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2026 Pharmaceutical media grew up around the moments that could be accessed, including the physician in the exam room and the patient in the waiting room. — Harshit Jain, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Woman at reception desk in doctors office waiting room, Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York. — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiting room

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Guests can move between the amenities during two-hour sessions, with indoor and outdoor lounges available for relaxing between treatments.

— Evan Moore November 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 Nov. 2026
In a nod to Schrager’s Studio 54 days, there’s also Studio, an exclusive, speakeasy-like lounge that doesn’t really get going until midnight.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected accusations that Israel has been delaying the entry of winter supplies into the Gaza Strip as severe rains flood makeshift tents, worsening conditions in the enclave this week.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Further in the past, the rocky promontory on which the Westin sits was a naval installation, sited there because of its strategic location at the entry to a natural harbor.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026

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Kurtz said colleagues who have worked together for years can sometimes resolve something in a two-minute hallway conversation that might otherwise take 30 minutes.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026
Because of the weather, the playhouses were painted in a hallway at the Boys & Girls Club, requiring care in moving between them while the paint was wet.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

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