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waiting room

[wey-ting room, room] / ˈweɪ tɪŋ ˌrum, ˌrʊm /


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Managing the background actors in the waiting room is a full-time job, handled primarily by crew member Nicole Jones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Background actors who fill the overcrowded waiting room or lie on gurneys waiting for treatment have medical journeys organized by the show’s production team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Or you might enter directly from the street into an office, without the pacifying liminal space of a waiting room.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

In other words, nearly one in five people spending long hours stuck on a corridor, waiting room, or a bay, with no idea of when it was going to end.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

When Sarah White, the ladies' waiting room matron, heard the first shot, she glanced over.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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