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waiting room

[wey-ting room, room] / ˈweɪ tɪŋ ˌrum, ˌrʊm /


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Just as impressive—and easily missed in the station wings—is the 400-seat Grand Brasserie in the original beaux-arts waiting room of Vanderbilt Hall with 55-foot-high ceilings, swaths of marble and gigantic chandeliers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The waiting room resembles a premium spa, with wooden chairs and an espresso machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 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

The regular crowd shots of the waiting room too often reduce the afflicted into a zombie-like horde bent on making life more difficult for our beloved medical staff.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

They don’t want to believe that the place I occupied for eighteen months was anything less than a dreamy waiting room.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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