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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Susan Anderson, age 52, sits in the corner of a sunlit waiting room at a dermatology clinic in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
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Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 25 Mar. 2025
Across the street on a balmy February evening, DoorDash driver Jefferson entered a spare, windowless waiting room to pick up an order.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Even after all the actors had left, she, alone in the waiting room, continued standing up for the beeps.
—Naira Velumyan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Of these, 116 patients received a two-page vaccine discussion guide to read in the waiting room before their visit.
—Laurie Archbald-Pannone, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
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Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 25 Mar. 2025
Across the street on a balmy February evening, DoorDash driver Jefferson entered a spare, windowless waiting room to pick up an order.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Even after all the actors had left, she, alone in the waiting room, continued standing up for the beeps.
—Naira Velumyan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Of these, 116 patients received a two-page vaccine discussion guide to read in the waiting room before their visit.
—Laurie Archbald-Pannone, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 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 7 Apr. 2025.
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