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as in foyer
the entrance room of a building
visitors to the Georgian mansion are received in a handsomely proportioned hallway featuring an open staircase
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Recent Examples of hallway
The phone is a portable hallway, lunch table, calendar, rumor mill, emergency line, and audience all at once.
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Adam Howard, Time, 10 June 2026
The hallway to the field has a blue-and-yellow logo of the United States, which is co-hosting the World Cup with Mexico and Canada.
—Pete Grathoff
june 8, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026
Every three months about 30 patients referred by primary care clinics move from a busy waiting room to a triage desk, then down a hallway of exam rooms labeled for the day to render wound care, imaging tests, evaluations, and compression sock fittings.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 8 June 2026
Want to avoid making your hallways feel suffocated?
—Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 7 June 2026
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Adam Howard, Time, 10 June 2026
The hallway to the field has a blue-and-yellow logo of the United States, which is co-hosting the World Cup with Mexico and Canada.
—Pete Grathoff
june 8, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026
Every three months about 30 patients referred by primary care clinics move from a busy waiting room to a triage desk, then down a hallway of exam rooms labeled for the day to render wound care, imaging tests, evaluations, and compression sock fittings.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 8 June 2026
Want to avoid making your hallways feel suffocated?
—Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 7 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallway
Noun
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The international trade corridor remains open for transit.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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Life in the Division Street corridor presented new hardships for the Puerto Rican community, including housing discrimination, poor neighborhood schools, restricted access to decent-paying jobs, limited interaction with city services and difficulty in finding church homes.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
Noun
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On the other side of the entry foyer is the formal dining room.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2026
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Inside, the front door opens to a tall foyer and a grand staircase, with marble floors and a cupola above.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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Iran’s hold over the critical Middle Eastern passageway has discouraged activity in the area, triggering a sweeping blockage of oil tankers and a global energy emergency.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
10 June 2026
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Their involvement now raises the specter of another squeeze on energy markets already beleaguered by closures on the Strait of Hormuz and partly reliant on the Red Sea as an alternative passageway for energy supplies.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Noun
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The lobby is filled with well-to-do patrons, and seeing children in tow is not unusual.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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American Airlines built a coach lounge with black-and-white geometric carpet and red upholstered seating that anyone might mistake for a hotel lobby.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Hints of the festival feelings found at larger, week-long events like Dancefestopia in LaCygne, Kansas, were spotted in the concourse, as people enjoyed playing cornhole or hanging out in the lawn under the crisp 80 degree weather.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
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The O’Hare21 Terminal Area Plan followed, with work on the first of two new satellite concourses beginning in 2023.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The industry's stock answer, repeated in conference halls and consultancy decks alike, is to build governance that balances autonomy with control, which in plainer English means letting the software act only inside lines a person has drawn.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Some already in the hall include Gloria Estefan, Carole King, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Lionel Richie, Bill Withers, Neil Diamond and Phil Collins.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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“Hallway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallway. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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