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as in corridor
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the hallway between the bedroom and bathroom was strewn with toys

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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 Combs’ lawyers previewed today’s hearing by offering to put a forensic video analyst on the stand to walk the judge through the unedited footage of the hotel incident and show that Combs and Ventura were not having a violent domestic quarrel in the hallway. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024 The surveillance video, first published by CNN in May, depicts a disturbing March 2016 incident in which Combs was seen brutally assaulting Ventura in the hallway of a hotel. Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 Nov. 2024 But surveillance video surfaced that showed Combs beating Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016. Chloe Melas, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024 Zhenya crouches there in the hallway, cradling her hands, her jacket released. Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hallway 
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  • Tuesday could start the day with fog and mist before the heaviest rain along the I-95 corridor unleashes Wednesday, triggering travel troubles in spots with heavy fog, forecasters warned.
    Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Bad weather on the ascent corridor took the first three launch options on March 1 and 2 off the table.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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  • Throughout this unique home are many interesting architectural features including a spacious foyer with an archway, crown molding, two wood-burning fireplaces (one in the living room and one in the den) and multiple decks for viewing the beautiful surrounding scenery.
    Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Almost every room in this modern home is spacious and expansive, from the dramatic, two-story entrance foyer to the combination mudroom/laundry room to the breakfast bar in the kitchen, which is practically large enough to seat guests for Thanksgiving dinner all by itself.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
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  • Those viruses proceed to reproduce while infecting the cells lining our nasal passageways.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Such lean staffing is something of a necessity: the Bowery Market, a onetime auto-body shop on a busy NoHo corner, hosts four near-microscopic food stalls arranged around a broad open-air passageway.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
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  • But the rest are free to walk around, have lunch in local restaurants, and chat in the courtroom lobby.
    Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The holiday season officially kicked off at the state Capitol yesterday as Gov. Katie Hobbs presided over the lighting of the Christmas tree in the lobby of the Executive Tower.
    Jeremy Duda, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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  • Use of the technology could help cut down on the crowds of people who hover near gates, creating confusion and congestion and at times blocking concourse thoroughfares.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
  • First aid is on the main concourse across from Section 116.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
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  • Ideally, Western's halls will once again be bustling within the next couple years.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Upstairs and down, the reception hall also connects to the mansion, whose second floor has been transformed from offices into galleries for portraits, early Renaissance paintings, and more.
    Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 6 Dec. 2024

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“Hallway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallway. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

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