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as in foyer
a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior
our tour group met downstairs in the lobby of the hotel before going out to dinner
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Recent Examples of lobby
With a lobby boasting a collection of contemporary artworks, The Newbury also offers a library and a large gym for guests.
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Shivani Vora, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
The site also falls within the bounds of a special tax district the city has proposed to finance a potential Major League Soccer stadium as the city lobbies for a franchise.
—Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024
The third restaurant will be named Lula’s Restaurant, located in the Kindred Hotel lobby next to the Kindred Spirit bar.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 11 Dec. 2024
But the rest are free to walk around, have lunch in local restaurants, and chat in the courtroom lobby.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2024
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Shivani Vora, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
The site also falls within the bounds of a special tax district the city has proposed to finance a potential Major League Soccer stadium as the city lobbies for a franchise.
—Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024
The third restaurant will be named Lula’s Restaurant, located in the Kindred Hotel lobby next to the Kindred Spirit bar.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 11 Dec. 2024
But the rest are free to walk around, have lunch in local restaurants, and chat in the courtroom lobby.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobby
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People are going to cinemas now, and at the end people stand up and applaud and talk about the movie in the foyers.Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Entryway table Gold, silver or glass entryway tables can often look out of place in the foyer of a home as the materials are better suited for a bedroom.Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Laine’s words made it down the hallway to the Blue Jackets dressing room and eventually up to the suite level, where the Blue Jackets front office is housed.Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Down the hallway, a Chinese family — one of only a handful in a shelter dominated by Spanish speakers — turned their compact quarters into a colorful home.Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Down the hall is a row of metal black doors that open to windowless cells.Claire Harbage, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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The theater opened in 1950 as a movie hall, and today has an art gallery space and stadium seating.Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Lobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobby. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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