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anteroom

[an-tee-room, -room] / ˈæn tiˌrum, -ˌrʊm /


NOUN
foyer
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Those plans included improvements to the roof, replacement lanterns and internal works to rooms including the south anteroom and dining areas.

From BBC May 14, 2026

He wasn’t a man to sit idly in death’s anteroom, awaiting the grim reaper.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Elliott notes that a Picasso painting hangs in the anteroom of a prominent political family’s Washington, D.C., bathroom.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2025

The manager and another staffer ushered her mother and sister into an anteroom that wasn't large enough for the three of them and peppered Ani with questions about her mother's mental stability.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2024

By this time several other of his assistants were filtering in and out of the small anteroom alongside the stage.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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