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
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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
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Diamond Binta is home to five guest cabins, sleeping up to 12, as well as the full-beam owner’s suite, accented by asymmetrical shapes, a drop-down terrace, and a starboard side lounge.Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2025
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Getting three or four solid hours done between flights is very possible in a work-friendly exclusive lounge.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Photo: Joel Pitra/DD Reps Off the vestibule is a one-bedroom apartment with the same Heart Pine flooring as the rest of the house.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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Two of the mice had gotten cornered somewhere in the vestibule.Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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In addition to the buttons, the contract includes visual strobes that will be installed in every classroom, hallway, and common are.Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Miss Casey was last seen entering the elevator in that dark-walled hallway that Irving keeps painting, with an arrow that points only down.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
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The free Doggie Depot event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 1 in the waiting room at the Lowertown transportation and event hub.Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2025
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In fact, the restaurant, celebrating its 25th year, opened just weeks after Union Station’s reopening in 1999 at 39 W. Pershing Road — the space used to be a waiting room for women and children.Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Anteroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anteroom. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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