waiting room
nounDefinition of waiting room
: a room (as in a doctor's office) for the use of persons (such as patients) who are waiting
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Instead, the station has several overhangs to protect passengers from inclement weather, includes parking and enclosed passenger waiting rooms with restrooms. — al.com, "Gulf Coast rail advocates detail Amtrak return plan: ‘Will bring people to your front door’," 12 July 2019 The WashU staff, in turn, has expanded their recruiting nets and put out copies of Ebony in their waiting rooms, along with other magazines. — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, "Excluding minorities from Alzheimer’s research is wrong—and it’s keeping us from finding a cure," 19 July 2019 Latham decided to call her road trip project More Good and document all of her stops on a website, with the goal of publishing a book to donate to hospital waiting rooms coast-to-coast. — Anchorage Daily News, "New York woman has been on a three-year road trip documenting acts of kindness," 25 June 2019 The North County Vista office is larger with a conference room, waiting room, bathroom and three staff offices. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Supervisor budgets $240,000 for office furniture, remodeling," 21 June 2019 Muzak piped into elevators and shopping malls seems almost quaint, now that televisions and video screens are everywhere—in waiting rooms, restaurants and taxis—and every stroll down a store aisle is accompanied by a pop soundtrack. — Christine Rosen, WSJ, "‘Silence’ Review: The Rest Is Noise," 25 Mar. 2019 The move greatly expands Mexico’s new role as a giant waiting room for those wishing to file for asylum in the United States. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "In Tijuana, Mexico’s president promotes friendship and dignity," 9 June 2019 Beginning in January 2019, the almost $1 million expansion will cover changes to the reception area and waiting room. — Sue Ellen Ross, Post-Tribune, "Cancer suvivors celebrate with testimonials, activities," 7 June 2019 My interest in astrology began in my dentist’s waiting room in 2008. — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, "What I Learned From Having an On-Call Astrologer for a Week," 1 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'waiting room.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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