antechambers

Definition of antechambersnext
plural of antechamber
as in anterooms
formal a room placed before and leading into a chief apartment and serving as a waiting area

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Recent Examples of antechambers The locker rooms and antechambers behind the scenes are drab and plain. Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • Such underwater lounges are growing in popularity, with yards such as Feadship embracing the trend.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
  • What started as a productivity tool — keeping tech workers on-site for lunch — and later morphed into a recruitment tool for employers, is now pitching itself as an amenity on par with lounges, gyms and roof decks in service of the back-to-office movement.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The show’s chaotic hallways and overwhelmed staff aren’t just dramatic television but a reflection of a broken access point to our healthcare system.
    Jeremy Morgan, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Residents could have to take on such tasks as staffing doors, sorting packages, mopping hallways, sweeping sidewalks and hauling trash to the curb.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • From pre-war apartment building vestibules to farmhouse bathrooms to kitchen backsplashes, penny tiles have graced spaces of all kinds since their inception in the early twentieth century.
    Heather Bien, The Spruce, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Police have blocked the ATM lanes off with yellow crime scene tape, and multiple agencies, including Dallas police and Texas Rangers, can be seen searching the area around the open vestibules.
    Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026

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“Antechambers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antechambers. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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