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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But the result of this means that this final batch of episodes feels pretty much like one long waiting room until the final bonfires.
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Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
This was a change from the crowded waiting room she was used to in the days before Dr. Fenton began to charge an annual fee.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Inside the clinic, an expansive waiting room seats about 40 patients per day, Hoffman says.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
There’s also lighter fare, like Amy Daws’ Wait With Me, about a romance novelist with writer’s block who starts writing in a tire store waiting room for the free coffee and falls for a hunky mechanic.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
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Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
This was a change from the crowded waiting room she was used to in the days before Dr. Fenton began to charge an annual fee.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Inside the clinic, an expansive waiting room seats about 40 patients per day, Hoffman says.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
There’s also lighter fare, like Amy Daws’ Wait With Me, about a romance novelist with writer’s block who starts writing in a tire store waiting room for the free coffee and falls for a hunky mechanic.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for waiting room
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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waiting%20room. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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