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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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Robert and Catherine take turns trading places between the ICU, the waiting room, and the hospital entrance, where people go to take phone calls and smoke and scream.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
In the waiting room is a gruff Rino, whom Lenù hasn’t seen in ages.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
Putin lets ministers sit in the waiting room for six hours, and my lawyers have to wait five or six hours to see me.
—Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
The tickets are being sold through Ticketek, so get ready to rejoin the waiting room.
—Allie Daisy King, refinery29.com, 9 May 2024
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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 21 Nov. 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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