receptionist
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The actress, best known for playing receptionist Dawn Tinsley in BBC sitcom The Office, has received an outpouring of support since she revealed her diagnosis on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Linda Kirby, a receptionist at Polly's Field Village in Deanery Hill in Braintree, Essex, said in June she reported a leak that tickles down Church Lane and forms a puddle next to Chantry Close.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The medical receptionist lives with his mother and helps pay rent—one of his biggest expenses—and is looking for savings where he can find them, including on the dating scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ben Wang, as an eager young receptionist at a talent agency who steals information to help Gail, doesn’t really nail the part.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Olga loved her job, even though she was only a receptionist.
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
Often potential patients can get frustrated when receptionists ask for more information.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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
Women can, for instance, work as receptionists for female doctors and dentists.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 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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