as in foyer
the entrance room of a building the visitor thoughtfully removed her snow-covered hat and gloves in the entranceway

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Recent Examples of entranceway The video showed that all that appeared to be left of the home was the property’s entranceway and a few walls, with the rest reduced to rubble. Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025 Sharing the event’s decoration in a video on her Stories, a large pink balloon arch surrounded the doorway of Kim's entranceway, while green carpet and pink flower beds decked the hallway. Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024 The home is surrounded by mature trees and is reached by a circular driveway and a covered entranceway supported by four pillars. Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024 The four-lane bridge, which soared 185 feet above the Fort McHenry Channel, the entranceway to the Baltimore Harbor, hosted 7,448 vehicles in its first 11 hours of operation. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for entranceway
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Noun
  • Roche used the approach in her foyer, hanging wallpaper and doorway curtains in the same painterly stripe.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The central foyer, illuminated by a massive skylight, serves as a welcoming hub that connects all four performance spaces.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Let students reach for their phones in the hallways, or while eating, or in homeroom, or whatever.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Court documents paint a picture of a night filled with odd sounds, unknown voices, panicked texts, unanswered calls and a shadowy figure in the hallway – all in the setting of a college town that hadn’t experienced a murder since 2015.
    Taylor Romine, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The songstress, after managing to run to the motel lobby, was rushed to the hospital but died shortly thereafter.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Related Articles Bay Area arts: 10 cool shows and concerts to catch this weekend 7 incredible Bay Area things to do this weekend Bay Area arts: 12 shows and concerts to catch this weekend No such counter will be found in the lobby at City Lights Theater Company, which is producing the classic.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Entranceway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entranceway. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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