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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
The sweeping glass and cement lobby doubles as an art gallery, with a magnificent Mayan canoe running through it.
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David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
But there’s a whole lot else going on here besides, beginning with that aforementioned lobby encounter between Mathias and blonde mystery woman Claude (Nadia Tereszkiewicz, more breathily reminiscent than ever of a younger Marion Cotillard).
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
Homegrown companies in Dubai are increasingly looking to expand internationally, aiming to replicate abroad the services that have defined the city in recent decades, the head of its main business lobby group said.
—semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Tamura, 27, of Las Vegas, was trying to get to the NFL offices after shooting several people in the building’s lobby, then another in a 33rd-floor office.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
But there’s a whole lot else going on here besides, beginning with that aforementioned lobby encounter between Mathias and blonde mystery woman Claude (Nadia Tereszkiewicz, more breathily reminiscent than ever of a younger Marion Cotillard).
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
Homegrown companies in Dubai are increasingly looking to expand internationally, aiming to replicate abroad the services that have defined the city in recent decades, the head of its main business lobby group said.
—semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Tamura, 27, of Las Vegas, was trying to get to the NFL offices after shooting several people in the building’s lobby, then another in a 33rd-floor office.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobby
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Investors talk at a stock exchange hall on February 3, 2017 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2025
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Boil gently until reduced by hall (about 1/2 cup), 8 minutes.—
Staff Author,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Lobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobby. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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