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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 Hours before the hearing was scheduled to start, reporters and onlookers, sectioned off in the hallway, lined the fourth floor of the courthouse, waiting to enter. Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2025 Her testimony was followed by extended surveillance footage from a 2016 hotel showing Combs dragging and kicking Ventura in the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel. Taryn Finley, refinery29.com, 2 July 2025 One key piece of evidence played for the jury repeatedly and frame by frame was security video showing Combs physically assaulting Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. Adam Reiss, NBC news, 2 July 2025 In the central portion of the chateau, beneath the stately portraits hung on the walls, mostly empty hospital cots filled the hallways. Amy Sohn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hallway
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  • This clarity has attracted substantial private investment in charging infrastructure, with £500 million committed to support public charging through 2025, including fast chargers along strategic transport corridors.
    Margo T. Oge, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • To see a dynamic recent example of this transformation, head 15 minutes east of downtown to the new Little Village cultural corridor.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
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  • Perhaps the most unexpected space in the home is the foyer, where Johansen and the clients agreed that a traditional entryway with a marble floor and center table was too run-of-the-mill.
    Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
  • The interior includes features such as a custom chandelier in the main foyer that is nearly 20 feet in length, fusing hundreds of glass leaves.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 July 2025
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  • The narrow passageway was created by Vernon D. Lamp in the 1950s, who used a small boat with a 50hp outboard to dredge a channel that cut travel time from his home in Plantation Key Colony to Plantation Yacht Harbor.
    Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 12 July 2025
  • Underground passageways were once a core part of how Penn Station facilitated New Yorkers’ safe and efficient movement through the city.
    Carlo Scissura, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
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  • Live music across the property, dance classes teaching the steps to salsa and bomba y plena, domino tournaments, a vintage photo booth in the lobby and so much more await travelers.
    Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • But there is something sweetly comical about strangers passing each other in the lobby wearing flowered robes and rubber sandals, eyes politely averted.
    Rebecca Chace July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
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  • The Sox honored Buehrle Friday by unveiling a statue of the left-hander on the outfield concourse.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
  • Almost all of his teammates stood on the crowded concourse for the ceremony.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 12 July 2025
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  • Celebrate local chefs at a new food hall Providence’s Union Station opened in 1898 with 14 rail lines to shuttle passengers across New England.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
  • Entry level candidates can join the deck, engine or steward’s department in an entry-level position by contacting a company or a union hall or training at a maritime academy, college, school or training establishment.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 14 July 2025

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“Hallway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallway. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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