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as in lobby
a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior
theatergoers crowded the foyer during the play's intermission
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Recent Examples of foyer
The screening room — decked in beige, as was the curtained foyer — allowed for more mingling before lights went down and the screening began.
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Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
Some of the best spots to put your Christmas tree include the living room, family room, and foyer.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2025
And that’s just the labyrinth’s foyer.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
The Barbican Centre in London will close for a year beginning in June 2028 as part of a five-year, £240 million ($320 million) renovation that will see major improvements to the arts hub’s foyers, terrace, and conservatory.
—News Desk, Artforum, 16 Dec. 2025
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Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
Some of the best spots to put your Christmas tree include the living room, family room, and foyer.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2025
And that’s just the labyrinth’s foyer.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
The Barbican Centre in London will close for a year beginning in June 2028 as part of a five-year, £240 million ($320 million) renovation that will see major improvements to the arts hub’s foyers, terrace, and conservatory.
—News Desk, Artforum, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foyer
Noun
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The firm has plans to invest roughly $20 million in renovations later this year, with improvements planned for the guest rooms and meeting spaces, the atrium, lobby and restaurant, said Alex Halpern, co-founder of Ascendant.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Ever since the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs 1977 Dietary Goals for Americans recommended reduced meat consumption, the meat and dairy lobbies have battled nutritionists and other health professionals for the dietary soul of the American people.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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While his ministers gathered in a hallway, Petro spoke with me for ninety minutes.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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By the time the group made it into the hallway, Fleeger and Freeman's wife, Joanna, were shouting at each other.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Foyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foyer. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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