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as in lobbies
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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as in hallways
the entrance room of a building
leave your muddy boots in the foyer and come into the house
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Recent Examples of foyers
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.
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Sara Merican, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Elsewhere, three private elevator foyers are each wrapped in Chanel jacket–inspired wallpaper.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Sara Merican, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Elsewhere, three private elevator foyers are each wrapped in Chanel jacket–inspired wallpaper.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foyers
Noun
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Post office counter service will be closed, but self-service kiosks in lobbies will be operating.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Populists, protectionists, fossil-fuel lobbies, to name a few.—
Natalie Unterstell,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Classrooms, playgrounds — even hallways — were obstacles.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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During the summer months, immigration judges had already had to contend with an outsized enforcement presence in normally empty courtroom hallways.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Foyers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foyers. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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