receptionist
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I work as a driver and receptionist for a nonprofit, and I’m actually earning more each week than I ever have before.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
After graduating, Olivia worked as a receptionist during the Covid pandemic in an "empty building" and was able to spend time on her side hustle buying and reselling clothes from wholesale websites.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
I’ll check in at a restaurant, for instance, and a receptionist will ask my name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Geoff Saab was at a dental appointment when a client was chatting with the receptionist about search engine stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
After twenty minutes of watching me pretend to wait, the receptionist asks if she can help me with something.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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She posed as a courier, telling the receptionists that the script was requested by an executive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Managers often ask other workers, like receptionists, what they thought of the candidates, she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025
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
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
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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