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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Stories for the waiting room The U.S. could face a national hospital bed shortage within seven years if there isn’t a reduction in the hospitalization rate, an increase in the number of staffed hospital beds or some combination, say researchers in a new study.
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
The Botox provider summoned me from the waiting room quickly.
—Sarah Miller, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
Susan Anderson, age 52, sits in the corner of a sunlit waiting room at a dermatology clinic in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 25 Mar. 2025
Across the street on a balmy February evening, DoorDash driver Jefferson entered a spare, windowless waiting room to pick up an order.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
The Botox provider summoned me from the waiting room quickly.
—Sarah Miller, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
Susan Anderson, age 52, sits in the corner of a sunlit waiting room at a dermatology clinic in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 25 Mar. 2025
Across the street on a balmy February evening, DoorDash driver Jefferson entered a spare, windowless waiting room to pick up an order.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 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 19 Apr. 2025.
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