anterooms

plural of anteroom
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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Noun
  • Rooftop pools, co-working lounges, bowling alleys, screening rooms, an on-site grocery, and a 24/7 attended lobby rival a five-star hotel.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Options include dog-friendly outdoor patios and upscale lounges for a variety of viewing experiences.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The locker rooms and antechambers behind the scenes are drab and plain.
    Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Groups of lawmakers have been huddling on the Senate floor and in hallways around the chamber working to craft a compromise to reopen government and extend the expiring health care tax credits and subsidies.
    Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Gurneys were setup in hallways.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The rollout of the app comes as the USPS embarks on a major modernization program of its post office lobbies nationwide.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Moving people up and down this vertical city requires 59 elevators, including five double-deck elevators capable of traveling, along with multiple escalators and sky lobbies.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
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