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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
Updates retained elements of the traditional layout—ample formal living and dining rooms with fireplaces opening off of the foyer—while opening up the overall flow.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2026
Sometimes this leads to more experimental installations, like Patrick Marold building a circular forest of 40-foot-tall pines in the main gallery, or Sue Oehme stringing up hundreds of rainbow monotypes in the foyer.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
Inside the house, the foyer boasts a 31-foot copper dome ceiling with a sweeping oak staircase below — accented in copper to match.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 9 Mar. 2026
All of the Regent’s 167 rooms and suites come standard with entry foyers and separate living areas.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2026
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2026
Sometimes this leads to more experimental installations, like Patrick Marold building a circular forest of 40-foot-tall pines in the main gallery, or Sue Oehme stringing up hundreds of rainbow monotypes in the foyer.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
Inside the house, the foyer boasts a 31-foot copper dome ceiling with a sweeping oak staircase below — accented in copper to match.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 9 Mar. 2026
All of the Regent’s 167 rooms and suites come standard with entry foyers and separate living areas.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foyer
Noun
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The main lobby is dotted with glass orb lights hanging from the ceiling and cushy lounge chairs.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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In the meantime, as leaders issue threats and lobby airstrikes at each other, residents on the ground suffer.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Yet key dramatic moments—a shooting, the robbers’ realization that the bank vault is empty—occurred in a hallway invisible to the audience, described secondhand.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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More than two dozen protesters lined the inside and hallway outside of Little’s office for hours, holding transgender rights signs and singing songs that could be heard throughout the Statehouse.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Foyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foyer. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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