Thesaurus results for LOBBIES

lobbies

noun

plural of lobby

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 As landlord for the Academy Awards, AEG upgrade the theater extensively including its stage, lighting and sound, the lobbies and backstage areas, and production facilities. —

Peter Larsen, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026 The Marty Project, a nonprofit that lobbies for replacing dogs in laboratory testing with scientific alternatives, posted updates on its Facebook page saying the dogs taken from the facility are safe. —

Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 16 Mar. 2026 Pianists can be found any night of the week in hotel lobbies, Italian restaurants, and concert halls. —

Adam Ozimek, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026 The group, which advocates for and lobbies on behalf of municipalities, opposed Redman’s bill. —

Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026 The moodier cousin to the Courbe, the Onirique table lamp in alabaster gestures to Gilded Age interiors, opulent libraries, and museum lobbies. —

Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026 If the people who make headlines during the annual NFL Scouting Combine are found lingering in the hotel lobbies and coffee shops of Indianapolis to swap hunches and tidbits, the NFL Draft’s most quintessential personnel can be a little tougher to spot. —

Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 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 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, 28 Feb. 2026

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Noun

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
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