waiting room

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“Patient passports” introduced by Dr. Al-Hashimi, the new chief attending physician, to improve people’s experience at the hospital became fans in the hot waiting room.

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

A packed waiting room, doctors under pressure, mental health crises.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

In Mr. Loznitsa’s vision, the waiting room is one place ideals go to die, or at least whimper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Once the money was handled, they took seats in the hard plastic chairs that made up the waiting room.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty