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as in corridor
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the hallway between the bedroom and bathroom was strewn with toys

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as in foyer
the entrance room of a building visitors to the Georgian mansion are received in a handsomely proportioned hallway featuring an open staircase

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Recent Examples of hallway After moving into a care home, Emmy says her mom would often walk back and forth in the hallways. Korin Miller, SELF, 12 Feb. 2025 Not long after it was built, St. Mary’s school expanded along a sprawling hallway. Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025 Photo : Eugenia Gangi The entrance hallway flows to a fireside parlor. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025 More patients were parked in hallways and corridors. Bymartin Enserink, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hallway 
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Noun
  • Its presence was strongest along the I-35 corridor from San Antonio to Dallas and in southeast Texas, the ADL said.
    Megan Stringer, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The rest of the exhibit at the museum fills two long corridors, one outside the theater space on the first floor and the other directly above it on the second floor near the museum’s café.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Once Upon a Crime Bookstore will sell books beginning at 7 p.m. in the foyer outside the auditorium.
    Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Beyond the entry loggia, next to a courtyard housing date palm trees, is the foyer.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Alternative shortcut: There is also an entrance/exit to the underground passageway near the corner of Sixth and Centre avenues.
    Ryan Deto, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
  • In addition to the horror of the holocaust, the Institute also needed to represent the idea of freedom and some kind of passageway between the couple.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The day before feds snagged him in the lobby of the Park Hyatt Hotel on Sept. 16, 2024, Nicole says Combs pleaded with her to visit.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The Rush Hour director was spotted amongst NATPE attendees in the lobby of the InterContinental Hotel.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
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  • Work is also being done to improve the grandstand concourses and there are plans to fill in the two corners of the ground that remain open to the elements.
    Matt Slater, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Kate then emerged and held a little girl named Grace's hand to walk across the concourse outside the gallery.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And Jacque was also inspired by Prokofiev’s Cantata October and the use of Emilia’s voice in the hall with a microphone in the background, which provides a counterpoint to the hall.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
  • They were accused of plotting a suicide bombing at a crowded pool hall near Tel Aviv in 2002 that killed 15 people.
    ISABEL DEBRE, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025

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“Hallway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallway. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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