atrium

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Recent Examples of atrium At last, a glass-walled elevator to the restaurant will shoot you upward at thrill-ride speed, hurtling through the hotel’s vertiginous atrium, past the open-plan gym and seemingly endless hotel-room floors, before opening onto the smiling faces of hosts behind a reception desk. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 May 2025 This can also be seen on the design level, from the natural raw materials in the lobby to the open-air atrium lined with an expansive green wall. Christina Liao, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025 The solution: Create two atriums so that more windows can be added to apartments. Ellen Rosen, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025 Patients access the complex — created by merging a former law office, funeral home, car dealership and Dunkin’ Donuts — by driving around back where a porte cochere leads into a soaring atrium. T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for atrium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atrium
Noun
  • Singing performances filled the courtyard as the Dalai Lama was served a slice of his birthday cake, topped with fresh fruit and a white lily.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 July 2025
  • Other amenities include a front desk and lobby, community lounge, outdoor courtyard with playground, computer lab and on-site property management.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • The now-familiar Olympic cauldron torch was added above the peristyle at the east end of the stadium.
    Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • The cold room consists of a peristyle or porticoed court that is 10 meters (33 feet) long and 10 meters wide, with a large pool at the center.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Better Homes & Gardens Bellamy Round Wicker Outdoor Egg Chair This Bellamy Round Wicker Outdoor Egg Chair can create the ultimate reading nook for your patio.
    Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2025
  • Along with their twenty comfortable rooms, their riad-style patio featuring a small plunge pool is an idyllic spot to hide away or have a drink before a night out.
    Monica Mendal, Vogue, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • It is attached to a galleria with a striking black slate floor, a wet bar, columns and glass doors that open onto the patio.
    Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Bea walked into the bright light of the galleria and sat at the small café.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • In 1996, a 3-year-old boy tumbled 24 feet into a gorilla enclosure after sliding through a barrier at a Chicago-area zoo.
    Mark Gray, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • The staff followed safety protocols and were able to use recall training to safely coax the bears back into their enclosure without the need for any further intervention, the park said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Fifteen years after that, when changes in the plaza led to raise in rent, Replay found a new home on a different stretch of Whitney Avenue in Hamden in 2007 and has been there ever since.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
  • The area also includes plazas and gathering spaces, seating and public artwork.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • With the arrival of Amaya, an odd quadrangle emerges between her, Austin, Ace, and Chelley.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 June 2025
  • Not private enough to give up federal funding, whether for student tuition fees, quadrangle rhododendrons, wind tunnels, or NMR Spectrometers.
    Amity Shlaes, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • All of those numbers were down from 2023, when Doubs caught 59 passes for 676 yards and eight TDs.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Trees are a natural source of shade for your home, yard, and driveway.
    Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2025

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“Atrium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atrium. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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