receptionist
noun
re·cep·tion·ist
ri-ˈsep-sh(ə-)nist 
: a person employed to greet telephone callers, visitors, patients, or clients
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Russell was attending two drama schools, modeling, and working as a receptionist.
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CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Golf cart drivers, front desk receptionists, and servers are local teenagers and twenty-somethings who seem to genuinely love being out and about on the estate.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
Jayme Wernicke, a 34-year-old receptionist and single mother in Chico who earns about $49,000 a year, said she was transferred from Medi-Cal to a Covered California Anthem Blue Cross plan at the end of 2023.
—Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Françoise is a receptionist at the local police station, where her beloved cousin Gilles patrols, and is unexpectedly asked to sketch the composite of an assailant.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
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CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Golf cart drivers, front desk receptionists, and servers are local teenagers and twenty-somethings who seem to genuinely love being out and about on the estate.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
Jayme Wernicke, a 34-year-old receptionist and single mother in Chico who earns about $49,000 a year, said she was transferred from Medi-Cal to a Covered California Anthem Blue Cross plan at the end of 2023.
—Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Françoise is a receptionist at the local police station, where her beloved cousin Gilles patrols, and is unexpectedly asked to sketch the composite of an assailant.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for receptionist
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receptionist
noun
re·cep·tion·ist
ri-ˈsep-sh(ə-)nəst
: an office employee who greets callers, answers questions, and arranges appointments
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