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Recent Examples of coatroom
Around the time the East Wing was built, Roosevelt's coatroom in the building was transformed into the White House Family Theatre, according to the White House.
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Mason Leath, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
The second level includes separate men’s and ladies’ coatrooms and six servants’ rooms.
—Robert Khederian, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025
Three arches cover the walkway from the garage to the coatroom.
—Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
In New York, at the turn of the twentieth century, some enterprising concessionaires paid restaurants thousands of dollars a year to run their coatrooms.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
Some of the posts said police arrived at the scene and ran straight to the coatroom.
—Fox News, 12 Mar. 2022
At a more formal party, coats should be butlered by staff, rather than having guests queue up at a coatroom.
—Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Oct. 2021
Selldorf would excise the staircase, move the coatroom downstairs, and promote the bookstore upstairs, to a new level found by dropping the ticket hall’s ceiling and raising its roof.
—Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer, 13 Apr. 2018
The first stop Hope and Walter D’Agostino made was the coatroom.
—Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 10 Dec. 2017
Mason Leath, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
The second level includes separate men’s and ladies’ coatrooms and six servants’ rooms.
—Robert Khederian, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025
Three arches cover the walkway from the garage to the coatroom.
—Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
In New York, at the turn of the twentieth century, some enterprising concessionaires paid restaurants thousands of dollars a year to run their coatrooms.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
Some of the posts said police arrived at the scene and ran straight to the coatroom.
—Fox News, 12 Mar. 2022
At a more formal party, coats should be butlered by staff, rather than having guests queue up at a coatroom.
—Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Oct. 2021
Selldorf would excise the staircase, move the coatroom downstairs, and promote the bookstore upstairs, to a new level found by dropping the ticket hall’s ceiling and raising its roof.
—Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer, 13 Apr. 2018
The first stop Hope and Walter D’Agostino made was the coatroom.
—Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 10 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coatroom
Noun
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Since its conversion from a cloakroom by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942, the private, 40-ish-seat theater has screened everything from newsreels and documentaries to westerns and musicals.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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The White House first added its storied screening room during the fourth term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1942, when the East Terrace's cloakroom was converted into a theater.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The neutral shades are versatile enough to add to your existing fall wardrobe, and the piece can be worn with trousers, jeans, and skirts.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Prettygarden 2-piece Lounge Set This two-piece set from Prettygarden is the kind of travel outfit that works beautifully together as a coordinated set but can also be mixed and matched with other pieces in your wardrobe for extra versatility.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Coatroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coatroom. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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