as in antechamber
a small room that is connected to a larger room and used as a place for people to wait before going into the larger room
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Recent Examples of anteroom
The soldier drinking tea on a makeshift seat in the anteroom of a Ukrainian Railways train car could only watch so many unsuccessful attempts to latch the door between carriages, whatever the language barrier.
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Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 June 2024
Alvaro Rojas-Peña, the co-director of the lab, led me into an anteroom that adjoined an operating suite.
—Clayton Dalton, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2024
In the main building, a young monk from Syria named Seraphim escorted us into an anteroom with a magnificent view over the sea.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
After Kennedy was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, MacNeil managed to commandeer one of two pay phones in an anteroom and fed NBC anchormen Chet Huntley and David Brinkley updates all day.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
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Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 June 2024
Alvaro Rojas-Peña, the co-director of the lab, led me into an anteroom that adjoined an operating suite.
—Clayton Dalton, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2024
In the main building, a young monk from Syria named Seraphim escorted us into an anteroom with a magnificent view over the sea.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
After Kennedy was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, MacNeil managed to commandeer one of two pay phones in an anteroom and fed NBC anchormen Chet Huntley and David Brinkley updates all day.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anteroom
Noun
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But for the sake of social history, Miss Manners will try: Boudoir: a bedroom, or antechamber to one, where a lady receives her intimates.—
Jacobina Martin,
Washington Post,
26 Feb. 2024
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The larynx functions like an antechamber to the windpipe, or trachea, with a flap of tissue called the epiglottis keeping food and drink from falling down the windpipe.—
Kate Golembiewski,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2024
Noun
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Her hypnotic voice conjured up scenes reminiscent of Isabella Rossellini’s entrancing lounge singer performance from the David Lynch film Blue Velvet.—
Paul Chi,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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Danny Meyer’s company is reviving the View, a rotating restaurant, bar, and lounge atop the New York Marriott Marquis.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Cut to this week, as America exited the presidential vestibule between Biden and Trump, and SNL had to establish its tone for Trump 2: The Squeakquel.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2025
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In 2019, Mejia was arrested and charged again, this time with arson after setting on fire the vestibule of his girlfriend’s apartment building.—
Lola Fadulu,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The hallways outside the locker room, where people congregated behind the scenes, trafficked in relationships.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump's mug shot, one of the most infamous photos of the president that became a symbol of defiance for Trump and his supporters, now proudly hangs in the hallway outside the Oval Office.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Expand All Yuba City Everyone was crying when Johnny Matthews rushed into the hospital waiting room.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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No more searching for a parking spot and reading a year-old magazine in an uncomfortable waiting room chair.—
Molly Peck,
USA TODAY,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Anteroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anteroom. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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