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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Go between February and early April (but outside peak spring break periods) for activities ranging from outdoor art walks to gallery openings, pop-up markets, patio drinking and dining, rooftop lounges, brewery hangs, and more.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Summerfest, an independent music festival first held in 1968, has music in the American Family Insurance Amphitheater and a half-dozen other stages, plus in lounges and pavilions around the 75-acre festival grounds.—
Doug George,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 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
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For the first time ever, the show's fourth installment beckons viewers downstairs, past the formal drawing rooms and lavish ballrooms, and into the kitchens, back hallways, and living quarters of the working class who keep the fantasy running upstairs.—
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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Despite dire concerns, there was a slight sense of optimism among the half-empty convention hall and quiet hotel hallways.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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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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Vestibules and Mudrooms With all the mud, coats, and boots tracking in and out of homes in winter, vestibules and mudrooms become coveted rooms for buyers.—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
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From bars to coffee shops, restaurants, hotel lobbies and other corners of the city, front-office members hold contract talks with player representatives to get a sense of their markets.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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More than 26% of the new cars sold in California last year were electric models, according to the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which lobbies for most major automakers in Washington.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Anterooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anterooms. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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