anteroom

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 Matty plotted to get herself alone with Olympia’s phone in a courthouse anteroom, but the client liked Matty’s vibe and asked her to sit next to her in court. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024 The first space a visitor to Alchemist enters is an anteroom that establishes the theme of the evening, as conceived by Munk. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024 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. Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 June 2024 His own dwelling is modest, and—characteristic of old Russian manners—entered through an anteroom in which maids see to their needlework. Eugène-Melchior De Vogüé, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for anteroom
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Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • At each lounge, Plank was sure to take full advantage of the food and drink offerings.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The upper-deck sky lounge, considered the family room, is a great example.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The vestibules that connect the ticketing entrance with the boarding area also have air conditioning.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • At one end of the terrace, a sleek glass-and-brass elevator car emerges from two trap doors inside a discreet glass vestibule, popping up as if out of thin air.
    Katherine McGrath, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • During a soft lockdown, the school’s teachers are asked to check the hallways for staff and students before locking doors and windows.
    Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Patients still receive care in hallways and wait hours or even days to be admitted.
    Dr. Bryce Pulliam, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As a young endocrinologist in the 1980s, David Klonoff was typically greeted with a full waiting room at the diabetes clinic at the University of California, San Francisco.
    Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Running multiple browser tabs or manually refreshing the Magic Key sales page could boot you from the virtual waiting room.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Anteroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anteroom. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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