antechambers

plural of antechamber
as in anterooms
formal a room placed before and leading into a chief apartment and serving as a waiting area

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Recent Examples of antechambers The locker rooms and antechambers behind the scenes are drab and plain. Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • The two-story space features professional recording studios, podcast and video suites, co-working lounges and meeting spaces, which are slated to open by early next year once permits are approved, Ihm says.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The global airport lounges market is projected to grow from $5 billion in 2025 to $20 billion by 2034, according to one estimate.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Blown-up images of the Patriots’ Super Bowl rings adorn the hallways leading into the command center.
    Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • Cannes has quietly become the creator economy's high school, the one week the world's best get pushed into the same hallways.
    Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • From pre-war apartment building vestibules to farmhouse bathrooms to kitchen backsplashes, penny tiles have graced spaces of all kinds since their inception in the early twentieth century.
    Heather Bien, The Spruce, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Police have blocked the ATM lanes off with yellow crime scene tape, and multiple agencies, including Dallas police and Texas Rangers, can be seen searching the area around the open vestibules.
    Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026

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“Antechambers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antechambers. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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