reception
Example Sentences
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For Park City locals, news of the festival’s move has gotten a mixed reception.
"Once they are on school premises they don't need a phone, because if there's an emergency there is a reception that I can be contacted from," she says.
From BBC
A black, polished sliding door delivers you into a reception room whose pomp is disciplined by marble piers, dark patinated-bronze framing panels, and—most memorably—walls sheathed in gold mosaic and red marble.
“An appointment? Nonsense. They know me here. Betty at reception is a friend.”
From Literature
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He says, through cracking phone reception, connecting his sound and his vehicle is a relationship he’s been waiting to master.
From Los Angeles Times
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