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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 Meanwhile, officers at the door returned Walker’s fire, hitting and killing Taylor, who was in a hallway. Dylan Lovan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024 As its name suggests, the wig wall is an entire wall of storage cabinets in a hallway. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024 Use it to trap dirt and debris in an entryway, add extra comfort and color to a hallway, or even use it as a bathroom or kitchen mat. Maggie Horton, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 Taylor was in the hallway at the time of the shootout. Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hallway 
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Noun
  • Turkey offered its services on a variety of issues at the start of the war, lobbying for humanitarian corridors during the Russian siege of Mariupol, helping negotiate the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and facilitating exchanges on the security of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Phoenix's general plan focuses on: Creating a network of cores, centers and corridors.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • Upon entering, you’re greeted with an oversized foyer with light oak walls.
    Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Photo : William Myers for Sotheby’s International Realty The entry foyer.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
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  • Such lean staffing is something of a necessity: the Bowery Market, a onetime auto-body shop on a busy NoHo corner, hosts four near-microscopic food stalls arranged around a broad open-air passageway.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Seemingly supernatural encounters, locked rooms and secret passageways tease the question of whether the house is truly haunted, or whether the long-ago death was actually a murder.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
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  • Arriving via the gorgeous gardens of Grosvenor Square, my partner and I oohed and aahed at the imposing marble, opulent chandeliers and old-world glamour of the hotel lobby.
    Caroline Dolby, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The next morning, Spelling recalled going to the hotel lobby to call co-star Jennie Garth to tell her the news.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • Wide-open concourses with views of the court encourage wandering.
    Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Yes, Billie Eilish Reverb Eco-Villages will be set up in two areas in the main concourse of the arena so that fans can take part in the tour’s sustainability efforts and connect with nonprofits.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Above the hall entrance is a hutch made of reclaimed wood that hides the projector.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024
  • After all, only a few miles from this very room is our Statue of Liberty, past which life began anew for millions, where the peoples from nearly every country in this hall joined to build these United States.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Hallway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallway. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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