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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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Recent Examples of foyer
Inside, the foyer has refinished hardwood floors that continue into a living room with high ceilings and a side-facing window.
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Angela Serratore, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
There’s even an outdoor foyer replete with a fireplace adjacent to one’s entryway perfect for a pre-dinner glass of wine.
—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Back in the living room, the sunlight is already fading—the double exposure losing its potency, the apartment looking more like the foyer.
—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
Cocktails were served in the foyer, followed by a ceremony in the West Lounge and dinner in the President’s Ballroom.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Angela Serratore, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
There’s even an outdoor foyer replete with a fireplace adjacent to one’s entryway perfect for a pre-dinner glass of wine.
—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Back in the living room, the sunlight is already fading—the double exposure losing its potency, the apartment looking more like the foyer.
—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
Cocktails were served in the foyer, followed by a ceremony in the West Lounge and dinner in the President’s Ballroom.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foyer
Noun
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As things exist now, developers hold vacant properties for years, and lobby city hall for financial incentives and tax breaks.—
Daniel Brennan,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
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The cops spoke with hotel employees in the lobby, then visited Griner’s room and saw the note, which was taped to a door in the room, video shows.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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Hotel security-camera footage from 2016 published by CNN last year—and used as evidence in the trial—showed Combs chasing Ventura down a hallway, throwing her to the ground, kicking her, and pulling her by her sweatshirt.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2025
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Sam went through the Goldilocks assessment, trying on each shoe and running up and down the hallway.—
Lisa Jhung,
Outside Online,
2 June 2025
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“Foyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foyer. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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