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anteroom

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


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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

One space, the first floor anteroom, is lined with red and gold silk, with centuries-old paintings hanging on the walls and an elaborately decorative fireplace standing beside a huge floor-to-ceiling window.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

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

That was just the right amount of space for a receptionist’s anteroom and a windowed office.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2023

Long before 9:00 we were standing in the big wooden anteroom of Administration.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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