rotunda
noun
ro·tun·da
rō-ˈtən-də 
1
: a round building
especially
: one covered by a dome
2
a
: a large round room
b
: a large central area (as in a hotel)
Examples of rotunda in a Sentence
We stood inside the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building.
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Immediately adjacent to the Grand Hall, the initial exhibition space is the eight-sided rotunda.
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Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
In the front row of the Capitol rotunda, a who’s who of tech billionaires — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Musk himself — lined up to cheer in the new commander-in-chief.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Our tech overlords—Zuckerberg, Musk, Bezos—were there at the rotunda to support the forty-seventh President’s message.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
The swearing-in — which was moved to inside the Capitol rotunda because of freezing-cold temperatures — is scheduled to take place just before noon for Trump and Vice President-elect Vance, after which Trump will deliver remarks.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
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Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
In the front row of the Capitol rotunda, a who’s who of tech billionaires — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Musk himself — lined up to cheer in the new commander-in-chief.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Our tech overlords—Zuckerberg, Musk, Bezos—were there at the rotunda to support the forty-seventh President’s message.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
The swearing-in — which was moved to inside the Capitol rotunda because of freezing-cold temperatures — is scheduled to take place just before noon for Trump and Vice President-elect Vance, after which Trump will deliver remarks.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Rotunda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rotunda. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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rotunda
noun
ro·tun·da
rō-ˈtən-də
1
: a round building
especially
: one covered by a dome
2
a
: a large round room
b
: a large central area (as in a hotel)
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