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antechamber

[an-tee-chaym-ber] / ˈæn tiˌtʃeɪm bər /


NOUN
foyer
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An antechamber off the Oval Office was decorated with framed magazine covers of the 47th President.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

It was January 1998 and Robert Bourgi was waiting to see the Gabonese president Omar Bongo, in an antechamber at his seaside palace in Libreville.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2024

The larynx functions like an antechamber to the windpipe, or trachea, with a flap of tissue called the epiglottis keeping food and drink from falling down the windpipe.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

A portrait of the thin-mustachioed director as a saintly figure sits alongside stained glass recreations of some of his most famous collaborators, including Divine and David Lochary, in a chapel-like antechamber.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2023

When she pushed it open she faced yet another small antechamber with four doors.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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