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Recent Examples of waiting room
Once there, Evans said, staff told her to leave her 79-year-old aunt in the waiting room and wait outside because of capacity issues.
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Sarah Jane Tribble,
NPR,
22 May 2026
Despite a waiting room full of children, Lola was called back almost immediately.
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Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
21 May 2026
The clinic’s waiting room has begun to thin out for the day.
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Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
Doctors were seeing patients in a waiting room with only a few cots.
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Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Sarah Jane Tribble,
NPR,
22 May 2026
Despite a waiting room full of children, Lola was called back almost immediately.
—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
21 May 2026
The clinic’s waiting room has begun to thin out for the day.
—
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
Doctors were seeing patients in a waiting room with only a few cots.
—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for waiting room
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiting room
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Kids love the age-specific kids' programming, Xbox lounge, Sesame Street characters, and enormous water park, while adults enjoy golf, scuba lessons, and 26 dining options, including casual beach spots and upscale fusion restaurants.
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Perhaps the most popular spot during my time aboard Viking Vesta was the Nordic Spa on Deck 1, with its sauna, steam, snow grotto, tub-and-bucket cold plunge, warming lounges, hot tub, and pool.
Noun
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Louis rips his spine out, dislocates his jaw, and reads Claudia’s diary entries about how she was repeatedly assaulted by him.
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An entry foyer flows to a spacious great room with custom white oak shelving and floor-to-ceiling windows offering views of the Manhattan Bridge.
Noun
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The El Cajon detective who edited the video said the man did that several times, lingering between the office hallway and the alley parking lot.
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Players can make choices — answer the call from Claire (Sink), go out into the hallway, try and get in touch with your superintendent to figure out what’s going on — and depending on those decisions, the game will play out differently.
Noun
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Sylvie wants Suzanna to know more about this, but Suzanna herself will not budge from that vestibule.
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An elevator ascends from the entrance vestibule to the main level, where an open living room flows into a dining area with a separate seating nook and fireplace.
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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiting%20room. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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