auditoriums

variants or auditoria
plural of auditorium
as in amphitheaters
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 auditoriums Isaacs, usually draped in black slacks and tee, travels from Palm Beach and Broward County theaters, libraries and auditoriums in person and to Zoom classes some four to six times a week. — Norma A. Orovitz, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026 Other than dividing some spaces into several smaller auditoriums, the original theater has largely been kept the same since 1927. — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Theaters may still appear crowded, but there are fewer auditoriums, meaning attendance remains down from 2019 levels by almost a quarter of a billion admissions, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 The theater was squarely in the exhibition vanguard then, designed and equipped as a boutique-size 750-seat alternative to the massive Balaban & Katz auditoriums of the day. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 Regal Cinemas, for example, has 4DX auditoriums with multisensory enhancements that bring the film world into the real world with full-body immersion synced up with the on-screen action. — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 Given the scarcity of 70mm auditoriums, many of those locations are sold out through September. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026 Note, Imax auditoriums, which weren’t part of Brand New Day‘s opening suite, finally get to project the sequel in a co-share with Universal’s The Odyssey (which continues to have reported near-sellouts in major Imax markets into October). — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 Gen Z may be filing into more auditoriums than expected these days. — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auditoriums
Noun
  • Live Nation agreed to let the Lumineers play in the amphitheaters, but only if I was not involved.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Neil Young did originally book Dolly Parton as the opening act for four dates on his 1978 fall tour of arenas and amphitheaters.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Universal barely gave it any kind of marketing push, and the film came and went from theaters in a matter of days.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Thanks to Beyond’s relationship with the American Cinematheque (the Cinematheque’s artistic director Grant Moninger is the festival’s co-founder), the event doesn’t have to scramble each year to secure new theaters.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Des Phemmes Salvo Rizza stepped up his game with a beautiful Des Phemmes collection presented in the frescoed halls of Palazzo Turati, now housing Istituto Marangoni’s Milan campus.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • However, there is an interlocking NY insignia on his plaque in the hallowed halls of Cooperstown.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Auditoriums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditoriums. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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