lecture hall

noun

: a room specially designed for lectures : auditorium
We all took our seats in the lecture hall.

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The new student center will include a regulation-sized gymnasium, fitness center, season team locker rooms, a TV studio, lecture hall, dining hall, and student gathering spaces. Patrick Damp, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025 Two students were killed and nine others injured when a gunman opened fired in a lecture hall on Brown's campus in Providence, Rhode Island, on Dec. 13, officials said. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2025 Eleven of those students were struck by gunfire when a shooter entered the lecture hall. Emily Greene-Colozzi, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025 Those same gates are piled high with memorial flowers this week, after a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall on Saturday afternoon. Lucy Feldman, Time, 17 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lecture hall

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“Lecture hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lecture%20hall. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.

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