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Recent Examples of cloakroom But after about 45 minutes of talks on the floor and in the GOP cloakroom, Norman and Self appeared before the rostrum and, standing by Johnson, changed their votes. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025 In September 2021, the House Committee on Ethics fined Crenshaw $5,000 for bypassing the Capitol metal detectors before entering the chamber's Republican cloakroom. David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024 As members considered an earlier resolution to honor Chisholm before her death, Lee called her mentor from the House cloakroom and urged her to watch the proceedings on C-Span. Donna M. Owens, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024 And who better represents the lefty-loosey dogma than Colombian President Gustavo Petro — the former leftist guerrilla who always checks his spine at the cloakroom when dealing with his ideological hermano next door. Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cloakroom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloakroom
Noun
  • The pumping location cannot be a bathroom, and it must be shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public.
    Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • This parsley and rosemary scent is suitable across all rooms and occasions—bathroom, kitchen, even body.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Late at night, the action moves to the louche Rose Bar where a dazzling mirrored corridor leads to the restrooms, bouncing your reflection back from every surface.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The back of the building would include an office, break room, restroom and vault.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And each time, a different one made it into the toilet.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Although the bathrooms are divided by gender — and marked with Basquiat-style dinosaur imagery — on the nights when Simon Says takes over the Spotlight, those designations are ignored, and the toilets become unisex.
    Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Cloakroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloakroom. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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