hall

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as in hallway
the entrance room of a building the dinner guests hung their coats in the hall

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as in corridor
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the bedroom is at the end of the hall

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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 from the main hall of the museum, turn left to see the ancient pottery collection and turn right to see the mummies

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as in tower
a large, magnificent, or massive building on your right, you will see Parliament Hall, a splendid example of Georgian architecture

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Recent Examples of hall But the version at the Saenger was a different song entirely—quiet and haunting, delivered in a rocks-and-gravel voice to a dark hall that had gone dead silent. Tom Piazza september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025 In addition to its flagship location in Cincinnati's Pendleton neighborhood, Lucius Q also operates inside the Gatherall food hall at the Factory 52 development in Norwood. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025 Representatives from the Dairy Block, a micro-district that boasts a food hall, restaurants, hotel and office building, declined to comment. Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025 Those are, indeed, worthwhile sights, but to get a taste of local life, opt instead to wander the Grandi District, an old harbor where warehouses have been transformed into design shops, breweries, and food halls. Ali Wunderman, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hall
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Noun
  • News of Kirk's death, as well as the graphic footage showing the moment he was killed, spread quickly among young social media users and high school hallways.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Situated in the Auteil neighborhood of the 16th arrondissement, a locale known for its quiet sense of luxury, soaring ceilings, a grand hallway, and accessible balcony give this property an old-world feel.
    Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Not abstract, delayed or generalized data, but precise, real-time and location-specific insights delivered from the world’s most remote forests, deepest watersheds and most polluted urban corridors.
    Michael De Nil, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That's how the corridor to violence gets built.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Among these advocates was Areulia Davis, whose kindergarten class had met on the auditorium stage in an overcrowded Pope elementary in the 1960s.
    Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Within the massive auditorium, the ceiling is lined with thousands of tiny lights resembling stars that shimmer as the lights dim.
    Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Inside, the minimalist lobby doubles as a gallery, and the in-house restaurant, The Hive, is dripping with sculptures of glowing honeycombs, kudzu vines, and swarms of bees.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This essential downtown landmark has reimagined its lobby experience, rooms, dining venues, event spaces and Fairmont Gold– the property’s exclusive boutique experience.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While the frequent visits from Portuguese, Dutch, British and Indian peoples is reflected in the various churches, Hindu temples, colonial mansions, Buddhist stupas the food has been heavily impacted.
    Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • When rising star Bella is found dead at the open house of a coveted $50M mansion, everyone becomes a suspect in this dark comedy.
    Peter White, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Humanity, united by one language, settles on a plain in Shinar and begins constructing a tower to reach the heavens and make a name for themselves.
    John Fugelsang September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The result is organized, accessible, and much sleeker than a leaning tower of battered cardboard.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Extending the exhibition beyond the gallery space, Rashid Johnson’s Five Broken Men (2024) will be displayed in the PMA’s West Entrance foyer, the most ambitious print the Brand X studio has produced to date.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Once inside, a small foyer flows to a sunken fireside living room boasting a soaring wood-beam ceiling dotted with large woven rattan pendant lights and sliding glass doors spilling outside.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Available at upper concourse sections 408 and 438.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The unique design ensures that anyone can reach the furthest gate at the end of a concourse within an eight- minute walk.
    Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025

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