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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
Make a pit stop in SoHo at The Dominick where a vintage phone booth in the lobby awaits, outfitted with a Haunted Hotline that tells chilling tales inspired by NYC.
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
It's designed to match players of similar skills into game lobbies and create a gameplay experience that doesn't pit new or casual players against hard-core players or pros who will likely annihilate them.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
With a hundred or so onlookers seated in chairs positioned in a semicircle in the library lobby, the contestants took turns busting rhymes.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The Alpine Village is available for two-hour rentals, after which guests are encouraged to head down to The Trade Room, The Alida’s lobby bar, which is reimagined as The Alpine Hideaway.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
It's designed to match players of similar skills into game lobbies and create a gameplay experience that doesn't pit new or casual players against hard-core players or pros who will likely annihilate them.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
With a hundred or so onlookers seated in chairs positioned in a semicircle in the library lobby, the contestants took turns busting rhymes.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The Alpine Village is available for two-hour rentals, after which guests are encouraged to head down to The Trade Room, The Alida’s lobby bar, which is reimagined as The Alpine Hideaway.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobby
Noun
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Habanero Cafe features attentive servers who take your order at your table, but payment happens at the counter in the front foyer.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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Spanning two stories, the primary dwelling is introduced via a soaring entry foyer displaying large windows and a massive matchstick chandelier.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the halls of Sankofa Sankofa House opens up from Atkinson Avenue, and, once inside, a long hallway runs to the back of the building.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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And yet, through the brown teeth and the raggedy clothing and the indifference of the opposite sex, Tupac found someone within the long gray hallways whose presence would prove life-changing.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this year, officials at the Louvre requested urgent help from the French government to restore and renovate the museum's ageing exhibition halls and better protect its countless works of art.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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At least three people were injured early Sunday in a shooting outside of a residential hall at Oklahoma State University, authorities said.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Lobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobby. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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