front desk
noun
: the desk in a building where visitors are greeted
We checked into the hotel at the front desk.
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Visitors are restricted, so much so that even Breakfast Club personality Lauren LaRosa wasn't allowed to see her despite Williams speaking to the front desk herself and requesting LaRosa come up.
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Sign-up is required either at the library’s front desk or by calling the library at 858-513-2900.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
His front desk manager is rude, repellent and very unprofessional.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
As final exams approached, everybody was talking about the girl who had walked up to the front desk of the social-sciences library and stabbed herself in the eyes with a pen.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Sign-up is required either at the library’s front desk or by calling the library at 858-513-2900.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
His front desk manager is rude, repellent and very unprofessional.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
As final exams approached, everybody was talking about the girl who had walked up to the front desk of the social-sciences library and stabbed herself in the eyes with a pen.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Front desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20desk. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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