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antechamber

[an-tee-cheym-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

Who should then be ushered into the same antechamber but Roland Dumas, former French foreign minister and right-hand man of ruling Socialist President François Mitterrand, Chirac’s arch-rival.

From BBC Sep. 28, 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

He was looking into the antechamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun, a ruler who sat his throne for only around 10 years but did so at a pivotal time in Egyptian history.

From Scientific American Nov. 4, 2022

The courtyard turned into something like an antechamber to an operating room.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel




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