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reception room

NOUN
drawing room
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A black, polished sliding door delivers you into a reception room whose pomp is disciplined by marble piers, dark patinated-bronze framing panels, and—most memorably—walls sheathed in gold mosaic and red marble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

One of the screens can "within an hour" be turned into a reception room able to host up to 200 people.

From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025

Built for mine owner Amasa Campbell and his family, visitors can see the game room where Campbell entertained Spokane’s big wigs plus his wife Grace’s gorgeous all-pink reception room.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

Hours after Dominguez was arraigned, hundreds of relatives and friends of Najm gathered in a reception room on the UC Davis campus to celebrate his life.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023

This time he was led into a reception room where dozens of other men and women were waiting to see the president.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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