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Recent Examples of antechamber
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.
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Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
The cellar tour starts in an antechamber that guides through the various steps of making Champagne (from harvest to bottling) and also explores how the house’s approach to winemaking has evolved over the past century.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 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
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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Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
The cellar tour starts in an antechamber that guides through the various steps of making Champagne (from harvest to bottling) and also explores how the house’s approach to winemaking has evolved over the past century.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antechamber
Noun
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Another smartly dressed man appears, smiling, and guides us into a discreet anteroom.—
Caroline Law,
TheWeek,
9 Feb. 2026
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Under a crystal chandelier in a high-ceilinged anteroom in Paris, the moderator of Intelligence Rising is reprimanding his players.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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An airport offers, if not exactly an equitable experience (there are Clear lines, lounge archipelagos), then at least a perceptible simulacrum of equality, in that everyone rides the same people movers past the same Cinnabons.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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The other side of the lounge will feature numerous food options that will rotate throughout the season, including classic American game day food, Asian food, BBQ, and vegetarian options.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Soon after, Duverne tried to set fire to an emergency light in an elevator vestibule, Lalaind added.—
Fedor Zarkhin,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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As Wilson reached the store's vestibule, the woman came into view of the camera.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Yet key dramatic moments—a shooting, the robbers’ realization that the bank vault is empty—occurred in a hallway invisible to the audience, described secondhand.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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More than two dozen protesters lined the inside and hallway outside of Little’s office for hours, holding transgender rights signs and singing songs that could be heard throughout the Statehouse.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At the embassy, all of the other families in the waiting room were Pakistani—none was Afghan.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
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Back in the waiting room, at least 10 people are fleeing the hospital after seeing or hearing that ICE was there.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Antechamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antechamber. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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