as in foyer
the entrance room of a building please leave your wet boots in the vestibule

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Recent Examples of vestibule However, Public Safety officers closed the door linking the library and the vestibule, and handcuffs were used to secure it, according to the outlet. Tara Suter, The Hill, 8 May 2025 At the scene of the attack, the victim’s jacket and hat laid on the floor of the vestibule as police continued to investigate Monday night. Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025 On April 7, 2019, Mr. Mejia arrived at his girlfriend’s apartment building on Bailey Avenue, splashed a flammable liquid on the floor of the vestibule and lit it on fire. Michael Wilson, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 The Mondrian from the family’s vestibule is expected to be the auction’s top lot with a high estimate that is expected to top the $51 million record for a similar painting set in 2022. Zachary Small, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vestibule
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Noun
  • With an in-suite elevator, a private entrance, high ceilings and a foyer home to 100-year-old olive trees, this duplex four-bedroom penthouse is fit for royalty and celebrities, like Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who stayed here during the hotel’s grand opening.
    Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The apartment has some classic prewar features, including parquet floors, arched doorways, and ample storage, with a coat closet in the foyer and big custom closets off each bedroom.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • In the central portion of the chateau, beneath the stately portraits hung on the walls, mostly empty hospital cots filled the hallways.
    Amy Sohn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • That's the small mercy serious songs offer: not false hope, but a candle in the hallway, proof that someone else stayed up too.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Florida’s largest grocery store chain posted signs outside and the lobby to hammer home that point.
    Cordell Jones, Miami Herald, 21 June 2025
  • Hobart The lobby of the Hobart Police Station, 705 E. 4th St., will be open.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025

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“Vestibule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vestibule. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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