waiting room

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Recent Examples of waiting room The waiting room at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital is already packed when Dr. Robby arrives for his shift. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025 Invite his family to stay in the waiting room until your baby is born. Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2025 The free Doggie Depot event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 1 in the waiting room at the Lowertown transportation and event hub. Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2025 In fact, the restaurant, celebrating its 25th year, opened just weeks after Union Station’s reopening in 1999 at 39 W. Pershing Road — the space used to be a waiting room for women and children. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for waiting room 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiting room
Noun
  • Her hypnotic voice conjured up scenes reminiscent of Isabella Rossellini’s entrancing lounge singer performance from the David Lynch film Blue Velvet.
    Paul Chi, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Danny Meyer’s company is reviving the View, a rotating restaurant, bar, and lounge atop the New York Marriott Marquis.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As their ranks diminish, park rangers say fewer employees could mean long entry lines, dirty bathrooms and potentially unsafe conditions for hikers and campers during the busy tourist season.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Venice introduced a pilot program in 2024 to charge day trippers a $5.17 (5 euros) entry fee that authorities hoped would discourage visitors from arriving on peak days, Fox News Digital reported.
    Ashley J. DiMella Fox News, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The hallways outside the locker room, where people congregated behind the scenes, trafficked in relationships.
    Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • President Donald Trump's mug shot, one of the most infamous photos of the president that became a symbol of defiance for Trump and his supporters, now proudly hangs in the hallway outside the Oval Office.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Cut to this week, as America exited the presidential vestibule between Biden and Trump, and SNL had to establish its tone for Trump 2: The Squeakquel.
    Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
  • In 2019, Mejia was arrested and charged again, this time with arson after setting on fire the vestibule of his girlfriend’s apartment building.
    Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiting%20room. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.

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