receptionist
noun
re·cep·tion·ist
ri-ˈsep-sh(ə-)nist 
: a person employed to greet telephone callers, visitors, patients, or clients
Examples of receptionist in a Sentence
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Lolita is the office receptionist in the Wall Street office of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
In February 2022, Shirley Noble was fired from her receptionist job at the Covenant Woods Retirement Community in Columbus, according to a lawsuit filed in a district court by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
The operator of a retirement facility in Columbus, Georgia, will have to pay $78,000 to a receptionist to settle an age and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 2 May 2024
The job proved to be a pivotal moment in her career; while out on a cruise with one of the company’s local DJs, Luna learned that one of her fellow receptionists was moonlighting as a call screener for Laboe, who had relocated his studio and offices from Hollywood to Palm Springs in 2013.
—Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
According to the agency, Smither's office lacked basic medical supplies, his receptionist lived out of a back room during the work week and many patients slept outside and urinated in the parking lot.
—USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
What if a nurse—or a receptionist, or a custodian—were lured into making an allegation?
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2024
His mother was a receptionist, and his father worked in security.
—Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
When people managed to get through, there were long delays to reach live receptionists.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
In February 2022, Shirley Noble was fired from her receptionist job at the Covenant Woods Retirement Community in Columbus, according to a lawsuit filed in a district court by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
The operator of a retirement facility in Columbus, Georgia, will have to pay $78,000 to a receptionist to settle an age and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 2 May 2024
The job proved to be a pivotal moment in her career; while out on a cruise with one of the company’s local DJs, Luna learned that one of her fellow receptionists was moonlighting as a call screener for Laboe, who had relocated his studio and offices from Hollywood to Palm Springs in 2013.
—Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
According to the agency, Smither's office lacked basic medical supplies, his receptionist lived out of a back room during the work week and many patients slept outside and urinated in the parking lot.
—USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
What if a nurse—or a receptionist, or a custodian—were lured into making an allegation?
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2024
His mother was a receptionist, and his father worked in security.
—Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
When people managed to get through, there were long delays to reach live receptionists.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
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receptionist
noun
re·cep·tion·ist
ri-ˈsep-sh(ə-)nəst
: an office employee who greets callers, answers questions, and arranges appointments
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