as in amphitheater
a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings will hold the town meeting in the high school auditorium

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Recent Examples of auditorium Here is the main auditorium, seating about 3,200: • Hoagy Carmichael was born in Bloomington and went to IU: college and law school. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024 The museum hosted an unveiling with historians and curators to unearth pieces of American history in an auditorium with local schools in attendance. Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2024 New plans call for converting most of the 10 separate cinema auditoriums into one large banquet hall, with moveable partitions to divide into several smaller rooms as needed. Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024 Trumbull Community Theatre Yet another local rendition of the Menken/Ahrens version, this time performed by Trumbull Community Theatre Dec. 6-8 in the Trumbull High School auditorium, 72 Strobel St., Trumbull. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for auditorium 
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Noun
  • We're not even done with 2024, but Summerfest officials have already announced about half of the festival shows for the amphitheater and BMO Pavilion in 2025. Need a break?
    Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The tour is slated to kick off on May 5 with a show at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ, followed by amphitheater gigs in San Diego, Santa Barbara, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Toronto before winding down at the BankNH Pavilion in Gilford, N.H. on July 1.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The sequel, Wicked: For Good, will hit theaters on Nov. 21, 2025 — and Erivo confirmed in addition to Elphaba's new song, the sequel will also feature another original song that will primarily be sung by Ariana Grande's Glinda.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Before the feature film unspools, most theaters now screen a PSA politely reminding moviegoers to silence their devices, but compliance is unenforceable.
    Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
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  • Down the hall is a row of metal black doors that open to windowless cells.
    Claire Harbage, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The theater opened in 1950 as a movie hall, and today has an art gallery space and stadium seating.
    Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024

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“Auditorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditorium. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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