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receptionist

[ri-sep-shuh-nist] / rɪˈsɛp ʃə nɪst /


NOUN
secretary
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A man tricking a hospital receptionist is not exactly a criminal mastermind.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

“I have a cameo with my ex-wife in it. Lorenza. She’s the receptionist and I appear dancing in Chapala, but I’m super thin, so you can never recognize me,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 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

“My heart dropped in my stomach,” says Allyson, a medical receptionist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Jack raised a hand to the receptionist and waved Emily and James through a doorway and down a hall.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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

Such "welfare jobs," as they are known in China, include roles as receptionists, office administrators, security guards and community workers.

From Reuters ● Nov. 14, 2023

"In the last six months I've lost three receptionists, and I'm one of the lucky ones compared to my colleague practices, they've lost a lot more."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 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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