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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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In the opening of the clip, a 21-year-old Underwood is sitting in the waiting room before her audition.
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Hardly anyone likes going through the hassle of scheduling and traveling to a doctor’s appointment, and then having to spend more time in the waiting room, often all for a perfunctory visit with a physician.
—Andrea Klemes, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
For the installation-performance hybrid, guests were directed to the exhibition space, a waiting room replica, by ushers who never returned to collect them, producing the banal anxiety of liminal, unstructured time.
—Phoebe Chen, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Then, in the waiting room, there were truly 10 other Gildas sat waiting to go in with big curly hair.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1683, in the meaning defined above
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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waiting%20room. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.
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waiting room
noun
: a room or area (as in a doctor's office) for the use of persons (as patients) waiting
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