halls

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

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as in corridors
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 lobbies
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 towers
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 halls While the halls are empty right now, soon they'll be filled with students. Tara Lynch, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 The 16th-century castle in Asturias, in northern Spain, opened as a hotel in 2022 and has 11 bedrooms, immense halls, and fairytale gardens. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026 With schedules posted everywhere and online, audiences can easily follow the fest’s headliners across town, popping in and out of gold-rush hangouts and gambling halls. Jacqueline Kehoe, Midwest Living, 19 Aug. 2026 Drew Brees has officially entered the great halls of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, as he, alongside other legends of the game, were inducted earlier this month. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Overhauls of performance halls and behind-the-scenes infrastructure are part of more than $250 million in renovations, according to a plan presented last week. Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026 The hundreds of thousands of AI servers that fill the cavernous halls of data centers from Virginia to Germany are a testament to the deep interdependence of the industry. John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 The band toured hard during the ’70s, playing ever-larger halls as their rep as a killer live act spread. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 Upon meeting at New Jersey’s William Paterson University in 1987 drummer Joe Farnsworth and tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander forged a relationship that has taken them to the world’s greatest clubs and concert halls. Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halls
Noun
  • The impact of hospital boarding Moore said patients are often found in hallways because there is not enough space due to boarding issues.
    Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
  • But in a more personal sense, autumn evokes a nostalgia for back to school shopping and styling outfits as if the hallways were a catwalk.
    Tessa Petak, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Check out Bath’s Artisan Quarter for independent boutiques selling everything from vintage clothes to designer homewares, or dip into Milsom Place’s characterful corridors and courtyards for higher-end retail.
    Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Office buildings and retail corridors emptied out, while San Francisco became emblematic of the challenges facing post-pandemic cities, such as an increase in street homelessness and a surge in petty crime.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • 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
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  • In upscale hotels in Karbala, a city some 55 miles south of Baghdad, wealthier Iranians dressed in black fill the lobbies.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
  • El-Sayed was referring to the more than $60 million that was spent in support of Stevens from lobbies including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), as well as the strong support for Stevens from establishment Democrats.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Entire mansions are stocked with influencers of various levels of influence.
    Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Fresh out of college, the Netflix series features Sahebi and her tightknit group of friends, exes and rivals returning to hillside mansions and luxury in southern California and unfinished drama, according to series synopsis.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Government fire investigators also found broken equipment at one of the Mesa-Sylmar towers during a tour of the site with Edison after the fire.
    Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Winding through miles of pristine farmland and countryside will be more than 300 high-voltage steel towers with an average height of 145 feet, the height of a 14-story building.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • All of the Regent’s 167 rooms and suites come standard with entry foyers and separate living areas.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Too much architecture — too many foyers, signs, cafés, screens, glossy surfaces, bright colors, and walls — could ruin the raw, funky feel of the place.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
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  • The wars in the Gulf and Ukraine have essentially shut off some of the world’s key passageways for global commodities, while extended droughts have restricted travel through the key arteries such as the Panama Canal.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • While PennDOT already has created over 30 wildlife crossings, the establishment of the new cohesive group of state agency stakeholders is likely to accelerate building the safe animal passageways and reverse the high collision rate with motorists.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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