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as in foyer
a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior
our tour group met downstairs in the lobby of the hotel before going out to dinner
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Recent Examples of lobby
So did the Ansonia, which also featured a fountain in the lobby with actual baby seals.
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Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
At least one apparent fan approached Mayers in the lobby to talk to him.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Yet customers, many of whom don’t own cats, show up for a small, cramped room adjacent to the lobby.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
The lobbies that have very much created this food system are powerful.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
At least one apparent fan approached Mayers in the lobby to talk to him.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Yet customers, many of whom don’t own cats, show up for a small, cramped room adjacent to the lobby.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
The lobbies that have very much created this food system are powerful.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for lobby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobby
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The primary suite, directly off the foyer is sunny and big enough for a king-size bed.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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There also was a banner unveiled and future Scorpions will be able to see a display in the gym foyer and have someone to serve as a standard for excellence, Jaquez having gone from Camarillo to UCLA to the NBA’s Miami Heat.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Fall of Diddy includes a snippet of harrowing footage from March 5, 2016, that CNN released, where Combs is seen attacking Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway, kicking and shoving her, then dragging her by her sweatshirt before throwing an object at her.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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The retired general’s portrait at the Pentagon, hung in the Joint Chiefs hallway, was taken down Monday less than two weeks after it was put up.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Vornado partnered with New York State, Amtrak, the MTA and The Related Cos. on the Moynihan project and operates the food hall.—
David Moin,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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The kids were asleep in their bedrooms right across the hall when the gun went off.—
Jason Pohl,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Lobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobby. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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