as in foyer
the entrance room of a building a small entryway to receive visitors

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Recent Examples of entryway The latter inform the entryway to the space while the keel shape appears at the rear of the store as an installation. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025 Extras in fatigues cluster around the town’s library, which now serves as an entryway to the Upside Down via a multi-story red hole. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 Oct. 2025 Its combination of faux pinecones, pine twigs, and wooden flowers can bring warmth to any space, from your dining table to side tables in your living room, in your entryway next to the front door, or even at the center of your kitchen counter. Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025 Rain couldn’t dampen spirits in Milan as guests crowded the entryway—always the sign of a good party. Sofia Viganò, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for entryway
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Noun
  • Accompanying the film screenings around the world, cinema foyers carried installations and themed message walls, and also offered dancefloors and gathering spaces for BTS fans to come together.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Other highlights include a private elevator landing and foyer that lead to a living room and dining area separated by a two-way limestone fireplace and lined with French doors opening to a southern terrace overlooking the city and Hudson River.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The exhibition will unfold with an introductory sound installation leading into a hallway that introduces six galleries with themes of gothic, psychological, science, slasher, religion and ghosts.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Several foods inside the cooler and freezer were missing covers, as were bulk ingredient containers in the dry storage hallway area.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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  • The theater is set to include wider seats and more legroom than the average West End theater, as well as bar space at every level, four exclusive premium lounges and private seating boxes, high-speed elevators and 1,600 square meters of lobby space with views of the London skyline.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • For now, the Chamber’s legal challenge represents one of the most direct confrontations between the nation’s largest business lobby and a Republican administration over immigration policy in decades.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Entryway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entryway. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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