receptionist
noun
re·cep·tion·ist
ri-ˈsep-sh(ə-)nist 
: a person employed to greet telephone callers, visitors, patients, or clients
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For example, in the virtual receptionist industry, AI sentiment analysis is a tool that listens to customer interactions, picking up on tone and word choice to determine satisfaction levels.
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Lisa Snyder, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
The receptionist at the hotel where Payne died, Esteban Grassi, suggested in a statement provided to the Argentine judge overseeing the investigation into Payne’s death that Nores presented himself as Payne’s manager.
—Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
The episode has plenty of filler too, like a sketch pairing the South African bishop Desmond Tutu (Murphy) and the Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie (Hall), as well as Short playing the great-niece of Jerry Lewis, a plastic surgeon’s receptionist.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
As the story goes, music photographer Henry Diltz and art director Gary Burden had to get creative with snapping the cover art featuring frontman Jim Morrison after a hotel receptionist prohibited them from taking photos inside of the hotel.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Lisa Snyder, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
The receptionist at the hotel where Payne died, Esteban Grassi, suggested in a statement provided to the Argentine judge overseeing the investigation into Payne’s death that Nores presented himself as Payne’s manager.
—Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
The episode has plenty of filler too, like a sketch pairing the South African bishop Desmond Tutu (Murphy) and the Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie (Hall), as well as Short playing the great-niece of Jerry Lewis, a plastic surgeon’s receptionist.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
As the story goes, music photographer Henry Diltz and art director Gary Burden had to get creative with snapping the cover art featuring frontman Jim Morrison after a hotel receptionist prohibited them from taking photos inside of the hotel.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Dec. 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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