waiting room

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Recent Examples of waiting room 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 Indeed, the waiting room at her clinic was packed on a Friday morning in September. Aria Bendix, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for waiting room 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiting room
Noun
  • Diamond Binta is home to five guest cabins, sleeping up to 12, as well as the full-beam owner’s suite, accented by asymmetrical shapes, a drop-down terrace, and a starboard side lounge.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Getting three or four solid hours done between flights is very possible in a work-friendly exclusive lounge.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This malevolent policy was aimed at immigrants by denying them entry or improvement in their immigration status if they were thought likely to access public assistance programs.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Food serves as a comforting entry point, inviting fans into Squid Game's world without its full intensity.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to the buttons, the contract includes visual strobes that will be installed in every classroom, hallway, and common are.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Miss Casey was last seen entering the elevator in that dark-walled hallway that Irving keeps painting, with an arrow that points only down.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Photo: Joel Pitra/DD Reps Off the vestibule is a one-bedroom apartment with the same Heart Pine flooring as the rest of the house.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Two of the mice had gotten cornered somewhere in the vestibule.
    Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024

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