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audience room

American  

noun

  1. a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.


Etymology

Origin of audience room

First recorded in 1780–90


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"The moment I've been dreading, as I know a lot of people have," Charles was heard saying to the prime minister as they met in the audience room at Buckingham Palace.

From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2022

We were in a formal audience room in the presidential palace in Tunis around midday on Friday, all crystal sconces and gilt-edged chairs.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

Not that writer-director David Lowery is unaware of his protagonist’s problematic side: He makes sure to give the audience room for at least a few moments of ambivalence.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2018

Central to this novelistic practice is learning how to leave sufficient space, so as to give your audience room to elaborate.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 12, 2017

Neither Regis nor I spoke for a minute after we left the audience room; then, almost as one, we turned to each other.

From The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley

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