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
Back home, her work on the Fox took several forms, including a 1994 fundraising campaign to paint the auditorium for the first time since its opening.
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Mark Woolsey, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
While an initial opening timeline has shifted back a few weeks as construction continues, Levine said the delay allows the team to focus on final details, from lighting installations to finishing touches across the auditorium and artist areas.
—Holly Alvarado, Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
The report describes the auditorium as having staircases running up both sides with entrances at the top and bottom of the room.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 9 Feb. 2026
In the auditorium, the police also found two high capacity magazines, with capacities of around 30, according to the report.
—Mark Reynolds, The Providence Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
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Mark Woolsey, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
While an initial opening timeline has shifted back a few weeks as construction continues, Levine said the delay allows the team to focus on final details, from lighting installations to finishing touches across the auditorium and artist areas.
—Holly Alvarado, Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
The report describes the auditorium as having staircases running up both sides with entrances at the top and bottom of the room.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 9 Feb. 2026
In the auditorium, the police also found two high capacity magazines, with capacities of around 30, according to the report.
—Mark Reynolds, The Providence Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auditorium
Noun
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Families can picnic lakeside, swim, fish, or explore interpretive programs hosted by park rangers in the amphitheater.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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Lynyrd Skynyrd, for example, has made big business out of their summer amphitheater tours over the years, while Foreigner is deviating from their usual arena-forward approach this spring to travel with a symphony orchestra.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2026
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Hammond additionally features a casino, concert venues, along with theaters and art galleries.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
19 Feb. 2026
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The course made for entertaining theater, resembling almost a snow park of assorted obstacles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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And despite the huge crowds on earlier days, the CEOs of OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic delivered their remarks to a more than half-empty hall on Thursday, after entry to the venue was restricted at short notice, apparently for security reasons.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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According to the news release, the actors filmed the town hall in front of a live audience at The University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication, where McConaughey has been a professor since 2015.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Auditorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditorium. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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