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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
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.
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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
Now, the tech industry lobbies for digital priorities.
—Devry Boughner Vorwerk, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 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
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
Now, the tech industry lobbies for digital priorities.
—Devry Boughner Vorwerk, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 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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In middle school cafeterias, high school hallways and across college campuses, Charlie Kirk's death spread phone to phone.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The consignment shop also has a large selection of rugs, including those for smaller spaces, such as powder rooms and hallways.—
Olivia Lee,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
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The result is an intimate offering of access to heritage maisons and avant-garde craftsmen beyond the frenetic halls of Watches & Wonders, the world’s largest trade show.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
9 Sep. 2025
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Kibbe is adept in the art of soft power, rallying the likes of H&M Group, ThredUp, Reformation, USAgain and Vestiaire Collective to campaign for textile resale, reuse and recycling in the halls of Capitol Hill.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
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Carter has to hide behind pieces of waist-high cover and move around Simms, who patrols the corridors of the ship, to try and make it to his destination.—
Echo Apsey,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Lobbies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobbies. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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