waiting room

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Recent Examples of waiting room One patient in the study recalled being ignored in a waiting room while white patients were seen first. Essence, 18 July 2025 Free Pharmacy Delivery: Nothing is worse than feeling crummy and having to wait for your medication in a pharmacy waiting room. Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 July 2025 And the waiting room would just change in demeanor. Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025 The sets for the waiting room and the staircase leading to the administrative offices were built on a separate stage. Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for waiting room
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiting room
Noun
  • Inside the Tom Bradley International Terminal, Qatar business class passengers have access to the oneworld business class lounge, where we were dropped off for a pre-flight snack and cocktails after check-in and expedited security.
    Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The improvements would focus on upgrading elevators, escalators, suites and club lounges.
    Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Accessibility: Facilities and select rooms are wheelchair accessible, including a pool entry lift and accommodations for visual and hearing impairments.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
  • The footage features a brutal battle (in more ways than one) that informs the coming-of-age sci-fi story to come in what is sure to be an epic new entry in the franchise.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • The library is renowned for its Long Room, a 65-meter hallway lined with 200,000 marble busts of literary figures, and charges entrance fees starting from 19 euros ($22).
    Kaela Ling, CNBC, 31 July 2025
  • On Thursday morning, a migrant family lingered a little longer in the hallway outside the church sanctuary after her casket was brought out.
    Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Staff enter into an entryway vestibule, latch the door, and then open the door to the primary cage.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 29 July 2025
  • The event was so popular that crowds stood in the vestibule of the Palais, as more people waited outside.
    Anika Burgess July 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025

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