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as in corridors
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 lobbies
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 hallways
Post videos of catching them ducking in Statehouse hallways.
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Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Teachers keep their students in classrooms and out of hallways, and school leaders pause passing periods between classes.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Cramped, cobwebbed hallways that went nowhere.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Corrigan said volunteers are instructed not to stand in doorways, crowd hallways or be a fire hazard, among other things.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
Some residents spent the night in parking garages and hallways after receiving late-night messages urging them to seek shelter — though there are few in a region that has not faced widespread air strikes since Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Sacks of it lined the hallways.
—Natalie B. Compton, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2026
But being excessively loud in cabins, hallways, or public areas, and disrupting the peace for others isn’t cool.
—Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
For the first time ever, the show's fourth installment beckons viewers downstairs, past the formal drawing rooms and lavish ballrooms, and into the kitchens, back hallways, and living quarters of the working class who keep the fantasy running upstairs.
—Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Teachers keep their students in classrooms and out of hallways, and school leaders pause passing periods between classes.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Cramped, cobwebbed hallways that went nowhere.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Corrigan said volunteers are instructed not to stand in doorways, crowd hallways or be a fire hazard, among other things.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
Some residents spent the night in parking garages and hallways after receiving late-night messages urging them to seek shelter — though there are few in a region that has not faced widespread air strikes since Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Sacks of it lined the hallways.
—Natalie B. Compton, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2026
But being excessively loud in cabins, hallways, or public areas, and disrupting the peace for others isn’t cool.
—Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
For the first time ever, the show's fourth installment beckons viewers downstairs, past the formal drawing rooms and lavish ballrooms, and into the kitchens, back hallways, and living quarters of the working class who keep the fantasy running upstairs.
—Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallways
Noun
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The home’s glass-and-stone architecture overlooks one of the region’s defining natural corridors.—
David Caraccio
March 7,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The biggest opportunity in our district is shaping smart growth along our existing commercial corridors along with the significant amount of vacant land available for thoughtful growth.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Uniforms filling committee rooms and legislative lobbies — and officers describing violent crimes and the technology needed to solve them — can override higher-level discussions about the implications of that technology.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2026
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There’s also explainers on improvements to protect immunocompromised folks, as well as checklists to evaluate lobbies, restrooms and greenrooms for physical barriers that linger long after the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990.—
Mercury News,
Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The unfolding war in the Middle East has ricocheted across the region, with nearly every country sustaining damage from missile hits or shrapnel, many reporting casualties, and key embassies, economic engines and passageways closing down.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Or, that the workers in the maze of passageways are people who entered the PATH, got lost and couldn’t find their way out.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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All of the Regent’s 167 rooms and suites come standard with entry foyers and separate living areas.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Mar. 2026
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Too much architecture — too many foyers, signs, cafés, screens, glossy surfaces, bright colors, and walls — could ruin the raw, funky feel of the place.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
10 Feb. 2026
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Inside the museum’s exhibition halls, display cases stand empty, stripped of their lightweight, high-value contents during a period of occupation by the Rapid Support Forces from April 15, 2023, until early last year.—
Eissa Dafallah,
NBC news,
8 Mar. 2026
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These clashes of tribalism aren’t just happening online or in the halls of Congress, but in the crowds at Dropkicks’ shows.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Hallways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallways. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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