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
She had to queue online in February; in a virtual waiting room, she learned she was 10,000th in line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
He stands up and wanders around the waiting room, shuffling through newspapers left in empty seats.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
