waiting rooms
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pluralof waiting room.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
waiting roomnouna room for the use of persons waiting, as in a railroad station or a physician's office.
Example Sentences
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This is why friendship is often a product of something else: work, school, church, children, sports, errands, waiting rooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
When the decision finally hit, waiting rooms full of patients were suddenly told that their appointments were canceled.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
A review of research by the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin concluded that doctors’ waiting rooms are indeed often overcrowded.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
The watchdog said patients being brought into A&E were being treated in waiting rooms, corridors and in ambulances outside hospital because of a lack of beds.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
I’m suspended, as in airports or dentists’ waiting rooms, expecting yet another interlude that will be textureless and without desire, like a painkiller or the interiors of planes.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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