waiting room
noun
: a room (as in a doctor's office) for the use of persons (such as patients) who are waiting
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Willow wanted to come along, so the big sister played in a waiting room for the duration of the check-up.
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Staff Author, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Calling ahead allows the health care provider to make accommodations and provide guidance on how to safely see the patient while reducing the risk of measles spreading in a busy waiting room.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
The remodel, which starts Feb. 17, will make city offices more secure by enlarging the assistant clerk’s office and creating a new waiting room area for visitors with window access to the clerk’s office, officials said.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
Image The railway is a tourism attraction itself: Its behemoth stations feature peaked red roofs and cavernous waiting rooms full of hundreds of people lining up to board trains.
—Christine Chung, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Staff Author, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Calling ahead allows the health care provider to make accommodations and provide guidance on how to safely see the patient while reducing the risk of measles spreading in a busy waiting room.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
The remodel, which starts Feb. 17, will make city offices more secure by enlarging the assistant clerk’s office and creating a new waiting room area for visitors with window access to the clerk’s office, officials said.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
Image The railway is a tourism attraction itself: Its behemoth stations feature peaked red roofs and cavernous waiting rooms full of hundreds of people lining up to board trains.
—Christine Chung, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for waiting room
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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waiting%20room. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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