front desk

noun

: the desk in a building where visitors are greeted

We checked into the hotel at the front desk.

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At Compass Rose, the hotel’s grab-and-go counter for Cuban-style coffee and pastries, look for the hotel’s original 1939 green-glass front desk, where I was told there’s photographic evidence of Miami Vice’s Don Johnson leaning against it. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026 Hilton advises guests to call or message the front desk to request additional cleaning services or share their preferences during a stay. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026 If something clearly hasn’t been cleaned, ask the front desk for housekeeping assistance or another room. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 At Cornell’s Student & Campus Life Center, a junior working the front desk looks up from her laptop, covered in colorful Bible-verse stickers, to nervously answer a few questions. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for front desk

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