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as in lobby
a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior theatergoers crowded the foyer during the play's intermission

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as in hallway
the entrance room of a building leave your muddy boots in the foyer and come into the house

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Recent Examples of foyer Bradford opened the peaceful and glowing treatment space and quaint retail foyer of Sunday Morning Skin in June 2023. Morgan Tilton, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025 Student clubs put on a yearly fashion show featuring outfits made of recyclable materials and use the foyer as a runway, students said. Melanie Asmar, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025 Upon entering the white wood-sided and brick structure, an entry foyer immediately reveals river and marsh vistas. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025 Their whimsical forms appear throughout the elevator foyers, at the end of mirrored corridors, and along garden paths, quietly extending the building’s ethos from workplace to cultural environment. Jennifer Lee, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foyer

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“Foyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foyer. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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