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
  • Two guests may accompany the Primary Cardmember to the lounges free of charge.
    Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 26 June 2026
  • As an apparent olive branch, the company offered to immediately set up slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway airports.
    CBS Chicago Team, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The locker rooms and antechambers behind the scenes are drab and plain.
    Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Blown-up images of the Patriots’ Super Bowl rings adorn the hallways leading into the command center.
    Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • Cannes has quietly become the creator economy's high school, the one week the world's best get pushed into the same hallways.
    Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 June 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
Noun
  • Reichlin-Melnick's organization lobbies for migrant rights and provides free legal services to those who cannot afford immigration attorneys.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Don’t let production moguls, powerful lobbies or even presidents dictate what can and cannot be printed or spoken.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
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“Anterooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anterooms. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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