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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Marijuana lounges would be treated similarly to a tavern or a nightclub under city code.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Porter thinks airport lounges can be part of what’s offered to travelers, and won’t go away.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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They aren't located in classrooms, dorm room hallways or other more private spaces on campus.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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His entire identity is woven into its hallways and kitchens, and the news that an Argentine mogul — played with ironic detachment by Solnicki himself — intends to purchase the hotel and demolish it to make way for a new architectural venture is treated as nothing less than an existential threat.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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Walking through lobbies, corridors, public areas (even outside), the art becomes part of the journey, a moment to pause, notice and discover something about yourself.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Twenty-first-century indie shaped the identities of many Millennials, but it’s now often talked about with pitying nostalgia—as the bygone style of hipsters with handlebar mustaches pretending to be countercultural while making easy-listening music for hotel lobbies.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Anterooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anterooms. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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