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Recent Examples of antechamber
The energy in the room was part D.M.V., part papal antechamber.
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
The locker rooms and antechambers behind the scenes are drab and plain.
—Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The cardinals present will then pledge to the new pope, and he will be dressed in the Room of Tears, a small antechamber within the Sistine Chapel.
—Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
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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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
The locker rooms and antechambers behind the scenes are drab and plain.
—Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The cardinals present will then pledge to the new pope, and he will be dressed in the Room of Tears, a small antechamber within the Sistine Chapel.
—Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antechamber
Noun
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Petzel’s also got Tschabalala Self in the viewing room, and tasty new Seth Price works in the anteroom space.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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Shots were fired in an anteroom that had not an hour before seen thousands of guests, including senior government officials, streaming through.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The patio umbrella in question is perfectly oversized to cast a cool shadow over your entire lounge area.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2026
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Built from the bones of a 12th-century hostelry, its hub is a vast, glamorous lounge bar complete with mixologists shaking modern-day mocktails under the ancient beams.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
Noun
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An elevator ascends from the entrance vestibule to the main level, where an open living room flows into a dining area with a separate seating nook and fireplace.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
18 May 2026
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The Riviera room is the film’s vestibule.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Meanwhile, photographs of crew members while still on the ship show many of them hanging around together in a hallway while waiting to be interviewed by health authorities, covering their mouths and noses with only flimsy masks.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
Mercury News,
20 May 2026
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Signs in the hallways encourage residents to keep their windows closed to keep cool air inside.—
Kristina Rex,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Once there, Evans said, staff told her to leave her 79-year-old aunt in the waiting room and wait outside because of capacity issues.—
Sarah Jane Tribble,
NPR,
22 May 2026
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The clinic’s waiting room has begun to thin out for the day.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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“Antechamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antechamber. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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