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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 The hospital chief digital officer who piloted an AI chatbot and now gets hugs from clinicians in the hallway. Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 Ian Flora backpedaled down the hallway of U of L Health's Peace Hospital as a teenage boy walked toward him with his fingers bunched into a tight ball. Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025 The tunnel is one of the show’s more iconic elements, and invites the guests to walk down the hallway lined with Hudson's staffers to the stage. Charna Flam, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Again, the fan in the hallway is a teaser. Ivy Scott, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hallway
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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
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  • FairVote Minnesota will man a table in the foyer to remind voters that the election is ranked choice.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The entrance opens into a stately double-height foyer with a floating staircase.
    India Roby, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Their three robotic rovers, outfitted with an array of cutting-edge imagery gear including time-of-flight cameras, helped the team generate an atlas of 3D maps of the site - from its skylight to its inner passageways.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Those tendrils of greenery would act as invitations worth accepting, passageways to Queens’s own central park, a haven of natural beauty, noisy play, quiet retreat, and social gathering.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 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
  • 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
Noun
  • On the top floor of the eight-story building was a recital hall called Steinhall Auditorium that had a seating capacity of nearly 250.
    Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • What started out as an unassuming bingo hall in 1985 has grown into one of Northern California’s largest casino-resort destinations, with over 2,300 slot machines, 80-plus table games and 659 four-diamond luxury hotel rooms.
    David Weiss, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Hallway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallway. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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