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receptionist

[ri-sep-shuh-nist] / rɪˈsɛp ʃə nɪst /


NOUN
secretary
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According to the AP, a former receptionist at the Hôtel de Pourtalès, where the fashion mogul was staying when she was robbed, was awarded the equivalent of $126,472 in the civil damages ruling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

I told the receptionist at the front desk where I was going, and she said she felt guilty that she couldn’t be there herself, because of her evening shift.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

The receptionist handed him a key before directing him upstairs to Lucy's room, she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Linda Kirby, a receptionist at Polly's Field Village in Deanery Hill in Braintree, Essex, said in June she reported a leak that tickles down Church Lane and forms a puddle next to Chantry Close.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Now, if that receptionist had told me there were going to be nine people in that room, I'd have walked out on the spot.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Some told the BBC they were working as receptionists or administrators because the number of advertised posts did not match the numbers being trained.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

There will be smarter cars, bipedal warehouse androids, roving grocery bots removing unscanned items from bagging areas, and torso-up AI designed to look like seated female receptionists.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2024

In addition to the faculty unrest, more than 4,000 non-academic student workers in jobs from IT support to receptionists are in the final stages of a union organizing campaign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

Women can, for instance, work as receptionists for female doctors and dentists.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

He remembered that he had to change shoes and retreated to a comer of the lobby, out of sight of receptionists and guards, to sit on the floor and pull on Eric’s brown Oxfords.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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