antechamber

as in anteroom
formal a room placed before and leading into a chief apartment and serving as a waiting area

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Recent Examples of antechamber Those who did not fit inside the council chambers watched the meeting livestream in the antechamber. Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024 For the occasion, the Shed’s Griffin Theater greets guests with an antechamber cast in sepulchral light and hung with wall size images from Sakamoto’s life. Max Lakin, New York Times, 25 June 2023 Deliveries are made in a tented antechamber in the parking lot, so no outsiders enter the kitchen. Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2020 In the antechamber to the main gallery, a pair of curiosity cabinets — a convention popular in the salons of wealthy Victorians to display the sparkly plunder brought home from the colonies — stand side by side, one by Gardner, and the other by Saar. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for antechamber
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Noun
  • Among the several measures is the creation of a 6,200-square-meter anteroom, or a large plaza on Placa Gaudi in front of the basilica.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Photo : Concierge Auctions To the right of the foyer are wide steps leading down into an anteroom and the elegant fireside living room beyond.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In an upstairs players’ lounge, two of his team-mates are gathered around a dartboard, laughing.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Cocktails are served at six in the lounge, a great opportunity to mingle with the very interesting sorts a place like this attracts.
    Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Among other items, the board will discuss: A bid for purchasing a roughly $27,000 secure entry vestibule to be installed at Alfred Fairfax Academy.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
  • However, Public Safety officers closed the door linking the library and the vestibule, and handcuffs were used to secure it, according to the outlet.
    Tara Suter, The Hill, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The immigration officers waited for hours in the hallways of the immigration court as the hearings took place, chit-chatting and cracking jokes among themselves.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
  • The mountain of allegations exploded into public view months after Ventura’s suit when surveillance footage was leaked to CNN showing her being savagely beaten by Combs in a hallway at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles in March 2016.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Alison and Matthew had to sit in the waiting room for what felt like an eternity.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 15 May 2025
  • Eli eventually arrives, and Elliot sits with him in the waiting room and tries to reassure him that everything is going to be fine. ROCCO, IS THAT YOU?
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 May 2025

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“Antechamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antechamber. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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