reception area

noun

: a large open area inside and near the entrance of a public building (such as a hotel or theater) : lobby

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The three-story clubhouse would be about 50,000 square feet and would have a reception area, surf academy, fitness facility, yoga center, administration offices, staff areas, locker rooms, retail store, restaurant, a coffee bar/snack shack and other incidental uses. Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 30 May 2025 Margouleff led me through a tidy workshop and into a reception area with a kitchenette and a wall of a half-dozen supersized Vox amps. Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025 There’s a large main platform that acts as both a sterile reception area in a corporate office building and an uncluttered runway for the quick change drag antics of one of the show’s two characters. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025 In it, Megan crashes her car through the wall of a reception area and poses in various waiting room scenes, including a fish tank and chessboard. Walden Green, Pitchfork, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reception area

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“Reception area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reception%20area. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.

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