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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
She was then taken home and left in the lobby of her building.
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William Earl, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
The striking image had been taken a day after Christmas and put up in the lobby two days earlier.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
Under Seaview, the theater will maintain its 296-seat capacity and overall design with an update to elements such as the bar and the entry lobby.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
Each night in the theater lobby at 7:05 p.m., Mito furthers her investigation of the human form’s symbolic layers with a 15-minute solo that is free and open to the public.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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William Earl, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
The striking image had been taken a day after Christmas and put up in the lobby two days earlier.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
Under Seaview, the theater will maintain its 296-seat capacity and overall design with an update to elements such as the bar and the entry lobby.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
Each night in the theater lobby at 7:05 p.m., Mito furthers her investigation of the human form’s symbolic layers with a 15-minute solo that is free and open to the public.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The primary suite, directly off the foyer is sunny and big enough for a king-size bed.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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There also was a banner unveiled and future Scorpions will be able to see a display in the gym foyer and have someone to serve as a standard for excellence, Jaquez having gone from Camarillo to UCLA to the NBA’s Miami Heat.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Fall of Diddy includes a snippet of harrowing footage from March 5, 2016, that CNN released, where Combs is seen attacking Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway, kicking and shoving her, then dragging her by her sweatshirt before throwing an object at her.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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The retired general’s portrait at the Pentagon, hung in the Joint Chiefs hallway, was taken down Monday less than two weeks after it was put up.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Before all this is the table read with all of the writers, which comes after mid-week overnights, delusional bubbles, paranoia about the group of colleagues cackling down the hall, and the rest of the hallmarks of a competitive workplace.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Jan. 2025
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There’s even a shot of a monitor on wheels rolling down the hall, wobbling anxiously as Nwodim’s onscreen interview relates her own sudden, shaky-legged journey.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Lobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobby. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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