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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
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The Palm Room foyer was decked in marble and chandeliers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Instead, its discreet entrance beckons you into a foyer alight with more than a dozen dangling glass lamps crafted by Barovier & Toso of Murano, and a sketch-like portrait of the actress Monica Vitti by the Franco-Chinese painter Yan Pei-Ming.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
Noun
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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
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The circular 1882 Lobby Bar (named for the year of the hotel’s founding) has a captivating night sky mural on its ceiling, while a cozy lobby fireplace makes an inviting respite on cold winter days.—
Julekha Dash,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
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Trying to handle a travel crisis from a hotel lobby computer hours after the fact is a recipe for frustration—and, potentially, another security risk.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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At the combine, as executives and scouts furrowed their brows and furtively took notes, Mann and I stood on the concourse, watching team personnel watch prospects work out.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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There will be additional restrooms located in the extended concourse on the first and third base sides as well as in left field for The Backyard.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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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 14 Jun. 2026.
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