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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So, too, is the purgatory-like state of the hospital waiting room, which is brilliantly conveyed through Ben Stanton’s stark lighting and Lael Jellinek’s deceptively simple scenic design.
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Others have found some respite at a far-off waiting room in the Bronx and other locations, where people have resorted to sleeping on the floor or metal chairs in crowded rooms until receiving a new shelter assignment.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2024
John, who had suffered a heart attack, went to see his doctor and bumped into his brother in the waiting room.
—Shawn McCreesh, Vulture, 5 June 2024
Flat screen TVs in the waiting room playing healthy lifestyle messages.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 June 2024
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Others have found some respite at a far-off waiting room in the Bronx and other locations, where people have resorted to sleeping on the floor or metal chairs in crowded rooms until receiving a new shelter assignment.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2024
John, who had suffered a heart attack, went to see his doctor and bumped into his brother in the waiting room.
—Shawn McCreesh, Vulture, 5 June 2024
Flat screen TVs in the waiting room playing healthy lifestyle messages.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 June 2024
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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waiting%20room. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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