as in foyer
the entrance room of a building the visitor thoughtfully removed her snow-covered hat and gloves in the entranceway

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Recent Examples of entranceway To Jin’s astonishment, the sphere darted through the inner courtyard around to the entranceway and then directly out the main gate. Lizz Schumer, People.com, 6 May 2025 The naval motif continues into the entranceway, where a mural depicts a fleet of warships returning to dock. Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 23 Apr. 2025 To remove it, Antonioni started by stripping back the ceilings in the entranceway and living room, which, to his surprise, revealed striking blue frescoes underneath. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2025 When that attempt was unsuccessful, Ball moved back into the crowd and threw an explosive device into the entranceway. Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for entranceway
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Noun
  • Before Potter signed a two-and-a-half-year contract to manage West Ham in January, a picture leaked online of him meeting their then technical director Tim Steidten in the foyer of a hotel.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The motor court, which appears to float above the entrance to the subterranean garage, leads to the double-height foyer with ebony polished concrete floors and a floating staircase set against a wall of glass.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Surveillance footage from inside the car wash, reviewed by McClatchy News, shows a masked agent wearing a helmet racing down a hallway as Shouhed approaches him.
    Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Williams, 43, took to social media with a video of the decor, a vase holding a cotton plant on a table in the hallway, and asked her followers for their thoughts about the display.
    Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Picasso looked up the circular column to the lights of the bank lobby above, as if doing calculations in his head.
    Christopher C. Gorham September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Fitzgerald confirmed that the hotel’s grand staircase, governor’s suite, garage, lower-level lobby and some back-of-house areas were used for filming.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Entranceway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entranceway. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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