as in lounges
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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Facilities include relaxation lounges and an outdoor spa terrace with an infinity-edge pool.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026 -
Outside, the marinas become villages — food stalls, shaded lounges, the steady murmur of deals being courted.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The locker rooms and antechambers behind the scenes are drab and plain.—
Richard Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Classrooms, playgrounds — even hallways — were obstacles.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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During the summer months, immigration judges had already had to contend with an outsized enforcement presence in normally empty courtroom hallways.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The vestibules that connect the ticketing entrance with the boarding area also have air conditioning.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Post office counter service will be closed, but self-service kiosks in lobbies will be operating.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Populists, protectionists, fossil-fuel lobbies, to name a few.—
Natalie Unterstell,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Anterooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anterooms. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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