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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 to a prominent political family’s Washington, D.C. bathroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

The affidavit recounts how someone identified only as “Witness 5” was seen on multiple days carrying either cardboard or bankers’ boxes in and out of the anteroom.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

“There is an anteroom behind this one. Go into that, and come out when you know the answer.”

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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