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as in foyers
a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior
our tour group met downstairs in the lobby of the hotel before going out to dinner
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as in hallways
the entrance room of a building
the ticket booth is located in the theater's outer lobby
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Recent Examples of lobbies
The rollout of the app comes as the USPS embarks on a major modernization program of its post office lobbies nationwide.
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Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Moving people up and down this vertical city requires 59 elevators, including five double-deck elevators capable of traveling, along with multiple escalators and sky lobbies.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
The town has long been home to some of the world’s most remarkable ski resorts, each seemingly outdoing the last with grander lobbies, better views, and ever-more attentive service.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Surveillance usually exists only in public spaces like lobbies, elevators or hallways.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Twenty-first-century indie shaped the identities of many Millennials, but it’s now often talked about with pitying nostalgia—as the bygone style of hipsters with handlebar mustaches pretending to be countercultural while making easy-listening music for hotel lobbies.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Corporate leaders are keeping their heads down, and the business lobbies are nowhere to be seen.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Crunching the Numbers The National Restaurant Association, a powerful trade association that lobbies on behalf of restaurant owners, takes a different stance.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Prospectors sinking wells met in hotel lobbies for lunch then adjourned to hotel suites to spread out geological maps and talk about mineral rights and royalties.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2025
Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Moving people up and down this vertical city requires 59 elevators, including five double-deck elevators capable of traveling, along with multiple escalators and sky lobbies.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
The town has long been home to some of the world’s most remarkable ski resorts, each seemingly outdoing the last with grander lobbies, better views, and ever-more attentive service.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Surveillance usually exists only in public spaces like lobbies, elevators or hallways.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Twenty-first-century indie shaped the identities of many Millennials, but it’s now often talked about with pitying nostalgia—as the bygone style of hipsters with handlebar mustaches pretending to be countercultural while making easy-listening music for hotel lobbies.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Corporate leaders are keeping their heads down, and the business lobbies are nowhere to be seen.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Crunching the Numbers The National Restaurant Association, a powerful trade association that lobbies on behalf of restaurant owners, takes a different stance.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Prospectors sinking wells met in hotel lobbies for lunch then adjourned to hotel suites to spread out geological maps and talk about mineral rights and royalties.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobbies
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Groups of lawmakers have been huddling on the Senate floor and in hallways around the chamber working to craft a compromise to reopen government and extend the expiring health care tax credits and subsidies.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gurneys were setup in hallways.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Food halls like the pan-Asian pan-Asian 1-800-Lucky in Wynwood or even the new Central Fare at the Brightline station showcase the city’s eclectic range of street food and small-biz gems, perfect for trying a little of everything.—
Skye Sherman,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
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Walking the crowded halls today is to travel through a time capsule from the Soviet Union.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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The plan will allow for limited truck access in some areas for local deliveries, including the West Vernor and Springwells commercial corridors.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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It is designed as a suspension bridge that will cross a branch of the Pearl River estuary, linking major transportation corridors in southern China.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Lobbies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobbies. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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