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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Interested applicants must enter the online waiting room between 5 and 6 p.m. The program has yet to publish the website for the next round of applications.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Why does every waiting room look like some sterile IKEA?
—Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Talking to strangers — on trains, in a coffee shop, at the playground, on line at the D.M.V., in the waiting room at the doctor’s office — could be dismissed as an exercise that simply makes the time pass.
—Kirsten Potter Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Alison and Matthew had to sit in the waiting room for what felt like an eternity.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 15 May 2025
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Why does every waiting room look like some sterile IKEA?
—Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Talking to strangers — on trains, in a coffee shop, at the playground, on line at the D.M.V., in the waiting room at the doctor’s office — could be dismissed as an exercise that simply makes the time pass.
—Kirsten Potter Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Alison and Matthew had to sit in the waiting room for what felt like an eternity.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 15 May 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 6 Jun. 2025.
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