as in amphitheater
a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings will hold the town meeting in the high school auditorium

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Recent Examples of auditorium More than 2,000 people packed into an auditorium at the University of Minnesota for the first Turning Point USA event in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a report said. Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025 Thousands of students and community members filled the UCCU Center auditorium for the solemn gathering, which featured remarks from religious leaders, university officials, and a performance by the Utah Valley Interfaith Choir. Amanda Castro mandy Taheri peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025 And the Frick has reopened this year after a five-year, $330 million renovation that (among other draws) reinstated a pair of grand gardens and added a spectacular new auditorium for intimate concerts. Nikki Ekstein, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025 Unlike traditional campus speakers who delivered lectures in auditoriums, Kirk would grab a microphone, often in busy campus hubs, and invite debate from anyone in the audience. Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for auditorium
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Noun
  • Starting in September of 2024, the 35-date trek moved through arenas and amphitheaters in North America, Europe and Central America, averaging slightly more than 10,000 tickets and $838,000 in revenue per show, according to numbers reported to Billboard Boxscore.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
  • No, that’s not a colony of beautiful space aliens from Planet Claire descending upon the nearest amphitheater to entertain us.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After all, exits and grand finales are part and parcel with any theater and therefore any showgirl's life, and could be purely symbolic in nature.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • With many independent theaters going out of business, many films that would not normally play in the multiplexes now have to play in the multiplexes.
    Ed Meza, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Investors talk at a stock exchange hall on February 3, 2017 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Boil gently until reduced by hall (about 1/2 cup), 8 minutes.
    Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025

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

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