anteroom
noun
an·te·room
ˈan-ti-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
: a small outer room that leads to another room and that is often used as a waiting room
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Matty plotted to get herself alone with Olympia’s phone in a courthouse anteroom, but the client liked Matty’s vibe and asked her to sit next to her in court.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
The first space a visitor to Alchemist enters is an anteroom that establishes the theme of the evening, as conceived by Munk.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
The first space a visitor to Alchemist enters is an anteroom that establishes the theme of the evening, as conceived by Munk.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
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“Anteroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anteroom. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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anteroom
noun
an·te·room
ˈant-i-ˌrüm
-ˌru̇m
: a room used as an entrance to another
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