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Recent Examples of waiting room
The remodel, which starts Feb. 17, will make city offices more secure by enlarging the assistant clerk’s office and creating a new waiting room area for visitors with window access to the clerk’s office, officials said.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
Image The railway is a tourism attraction itself: Its behemoth stations feature peaked red roofs and cavernous waiting rooms full of hundreds of people lining up to board trains.
—Christine Chung, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Grey luxury vinyl plank floors serve a purpose in utilitarian waiting rooms, heavily trafficked apartment halls, and offices.
—Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Expand All Yuba City Everyone was crying when Johnny Matthews rushed into the hospital waiting room.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
Image The railway is a tourism attraction itself: Its behemoth stations feature peaked red roofs and cavernous waiting rooms full of hundreds of people lining up to board trains.
—Christine Chung, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Grey luxury vinyl plank floors serve a purpose in utilitarian waiting rooms, heavily trafficked apartment halls, and offices.
—Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Expand All Yuba City Everyone was crying when Johnny Matthews rushed into the hospital waiting room.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiting room
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Both the Schengen and non-Schengen zones host KLM lounges, but the non-Schengen Crown Lounge 52 is the standout.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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The teaser opens on him lighting a cigarette and talking to an audience, lounge singer style.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The sweepstakes, which started on March 2, has already received more than 1 million entries, says Cat Brady, senior manager, Omnimedia.—
Jeanette Hurt,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The parade featured more than 100 entries and floats, including one with, fittingly, Santa Claus.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The first responders then fanned out through the sprawling four-bedroom home, meticulously checking bedrooms, hallways, bathrooms and closets for other people or signs of foul play, Moya said.—
Rick Jervis,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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The final shot in this 'recovered footage' invites you to peer down a long hallway as the cat makes worried noises, seemingly sensing the presence of a Xenomorph.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The train car was crammed with people sitting on the lower and upper berths, squatting in the aisles, and crowding the vestibule leading to the toilets, and this might have been the reason that Ganesh Rajwar was sitting in the open doorway, his feet on the metal stairs.—
Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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In the vestibule, Katie Rudner folded programs for arriving guests and handed out envelopes for checks and helped with Venmo charges.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Waiting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiting%20room. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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