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as in corridor
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the hallway between the bedroom and bathroom was strewn with toys

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as in foyer
the entrance room of a building visitors to the Georgian mansion are received in a handsomely proportioned hallway featuring an open staircase

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Recent Examples of hallway Taylor Swift just turned the hallways at Arrowhead Stadium into her own personal runway! Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025 Scott said those pieces were shot over the course of approximately ten months; a mix of green screen shots, one with a treadmill and a motion-control camera, robotic arm, and sometimes dismantling the hallway set to the point that it could not be used for other scenes. Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 17 Jan. 2025 At the end of Season 1, Irving’s innie discovers that his outie has been painting the hallway to the Testing Floor over and over again. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025 Instead of departing, the woman reportedly lingered in the hallway and entered the kitchen, attempting to help herself to coffee and sandwiches prepared for the mourners. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hallway 
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Noun
  • The sleet and freezing rain could stretch as far south as the Interstate 10 corridor.
    Allison Chinchar, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Strong Santa Ana winds are forecast for Monday and Tuesday, particularly 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., with sustained gusts of 45 mph to 65 mph expected across Santa Ana wind corridors of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • There also was a banner unveiled and future Scorpions will be able to see a display in the gym foyer and have someone to serve as a standard for excellence, Jaquez having gone from Camarillo to UCLA to the NBA’s Miami Heat.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The primary suite, directly off the foyer is sunny and big enough for a king-size bed.
    Angela Serratore, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The square, no longer just a passageway, becomes a true urban oasis.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 24 Nov. 2024
  • But sometimes the crooked wall partially blocks one of the passageways.
    GWEN ROCKWOOD The Rockwood Files, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Quitting toxic gaming lobbies is another important step.
    Mia Taylor, Parents, 16 Jan. 2025
  • She was then taken to and left in the lobby of her apartment building.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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  • Passengers deplaned via emergency slides and were safely transported to a nearby concourse.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But the concourses, toilets, 94 turnstiles and corporate facilities, especially in the East Stand, require renovation.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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  • Before all this is the table read with all of the writers, which comes after mid-week overnights, delusional bubbles, paranoia about the group of colleagues cackling down the hall, and the rest of the hallmarks of a competitive workplace.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
  • There’s even a shot of a monitor on wheels rolling down the hall, wobbling anxiously as Nwodim’s onscreen interview relates her own sudden, shaky-legged journey.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Hallway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallway. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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