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as in foyer
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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Recent Examples of lobby
Couches and comfy chairs dot the expansive lobby, bookshelves house games and borrowable reads, and a long, shared table is often lined with locals and travelers working on laptops.
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Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
The powerful big tech lobby shoots down any law remotely alludes to testing and regulating AI machines.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
There haven’t been any large structural changes, but new photos of the championship run are hanging on the wall in the lobby, giving it a fresh look.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
It was left to Keys to try to corral the insurrectionists, who were day-drinking in the lobby.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
The powerful big tech lobby shoots down any law remotely alludes to testing and regulating AI machines.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
There haven’t been any large structural changes, but new photos of the championship run are hanging on the wall in the lobby, giving it a fresh look.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
It was left to Keys to try to corral the insurrectionists, who were day-drinking in the lobby.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lobby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobby
Noun
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Restrooms are in the Customer Service Center foyer and are available throughout the entire day.—
Jennie Key,
The Enquirer,
31 Aug. 2025
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In one of the most striking examples catalogued by the A-Mark Foundation, a Florida man rammed his van through the front doors of a Catholic church, then poured gasoline on the foyer and lit a fire as parishioners were preparing to celebrate Mass.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Six federal officers were in the hallway waiting to arrest him on an immigration warrant.—
John Diedrich,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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There’s one shot of the hallway that shows the Kings live at Penthouse B — the second-best penthouse.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
4 Sep. 2025
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Albuquerque and Santa Fe boast diverse culinary scenes, from traditional New Mexican cuisine to modern food halls and craft cocktail bars.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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That shows Davidson freaking out about meeting the queen in order to accept his MBE, finding his inner strength with the help of Dottie to entering the grand hall with a vulgar outburst and charmingly apologizing.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Lobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobby. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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