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receptionist

[ri-sep-shuh-nist] / rɪˈsɛp ʃə nɪst /


NOUN
secretary
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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

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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