Thesaurus results for WAITING ROOM

waiting room

noun

Definition of waiting room

as in lounge

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Recent Examples of waiting room Their waiting room is decorated with paintings that Martin (without assistance) brought from his collection. — David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Another is the contagion risk posed by having an unvaccinated child in a waiting room alongside infants and kids with immunodeficiencies. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026 Bonds, who carries the BRCA gene, remembers going to a waiting room and being handed a beeper that would alert her when a doctor was ready. — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 The home clubhouse at 24 Willie Mays Plaza Monday night looked like the waiting room at Park City Hospital during ski season. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiting room

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The major change in the room selection is that club level access is now an option which gets guests a dedicated concierge, gourmet culinary and a gorgeous lounge that has a great view of the resort pool.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
The trio also operate four Quarterdeck restaurants in South Florida and a pair of classy brown-liquor lounges named Whiskey Neat.

— Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of lounge

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Apply the same technique to other theme answers, relying on the crossing entries for help.

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Modi's party and the Election Commission say the revision is aimed at removing duplicate and ineligible entries while ensuring eligible voters remain registered.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

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Stitt points out a photograph of Olney in a hallway near the bathroom, while recalling sharing wine with Lulu Peyraud, the beloved matriarch of the Domaine Tempier wine estate in Provence, among a collage of other French memories.

— Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
Thankfully, a lot of our properties have high-school hallways in them.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

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