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as in foyers
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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as in hallways
the entrance room of a building
the ticket booth is located in the theater's outer lobby
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Recent Examples of lobbies
Specific coffee shops, running clubs or hotel lobbies.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The converter must do that in order to prepare to reconfigure utilities, building systems, and demising walls--and often elevators and lobbies--in the entire building to accommodate a residential change of use.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Curiously, no business lobbies other than the National Federation of Independent Business voiced support for the bill.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
The actual business of banking is mostly out of sight — with tellers hidden above or behind lobbies and co-working spaces on the other side of coffee bars.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere, the sky-high pad is decked out with a media room, family room, and office, as well as two private entrance lobbies, plus a staff entrance and dual laundry areas.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
A lot of offices are designed in this style or high-end hotel lobbies.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Stafford’s agent, Jimmy Sexton, is among those the team expects to meet with, league sources said, as the NFL ecosystem descends upon Indianapolis’ hotel lobbies and convention center ballrooms.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
This allows for casual in-person chats at various coffee shops, five-star hotel lobbies and late-night haunts before the transactional period begins in earnest.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The converter must do that in order to prepare to reconfigure utilities, building systems, and demising walls--and often elevators and lobbies--in the entire building to accommodate a residential change of use.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Curiously, no business lobbies other than the National Federation of Independent Business voiced support for the bill.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
The actual business of banking is mostly out of sight — with tellers hidden above or behind lobbies and co-working spaces on the other side of coffee bars.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere, the sky-high pad is decked out with a media room, family room, and office, as well as two private entrance lobbies, plus a staff entrance and dual laundry areas.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
A lot of offices are designed in this style or high-end hotel lobbies.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Stafford’s agent, Jimmy Sexton, is among those the team expects to meet with, league sources said, as the NFL ecosystem descends upon Indianapolis’ hotel lobbies and convention center ballrooms.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
This allows for casual in-person chats at various coffee shops, five-star hotel lobbies and late-night haunts before the transactional period begins in earnest.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobbies
Noun
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Bright Reds or Oranges Amy Peltier is all about weaving color into her projects, but the Fairfax, Virginia, founder of Peltier Interiors finds certain shades to be too intense for hallways.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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Early rooms are usually the same and somewhat simple — hallways, bedrooms, and puzzle parlors — but the closer the player gets up the rungs of the grid toward the antechamber, the higher the rank of each room gets, with more complex options (and solutions) presenting themselves.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
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She has been inducted into multiple halls of fame.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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The goats have been one of the most baffling mysteries to haunt the halls of Lumon and have confused fans since season 1.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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River corridors can provide safe passage between them, but most of them, save for a trickle in the San Pedro, farther east, have essentially dried up.—
Brandon Loomis,
The Arizona Republic,
23 Dec. 2024
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Spanning 47,000 square feet, each building has been individually renovated and is interconnected by a spider’s web of corridors, stairs and lifts.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Lobbies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobbies. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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