Definition of gallerynext
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as in museum
a building or part of a building in which objects of interest are displayed visited an array of art galleries while on vacation

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as in hallway
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the guest rooms in the east wing rooms open up onto a long windowed gallery

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as in porch
Southern & Midland a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building a big old house with a wraparound gallery just made for a line of rocking chairs

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Recent Examples of gallery Viking hats, national jerseys and a sea of red filled the gallery as chants followed Hovland from the first tee through the finish. Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 June 2026 The museum, where materials recovered from the site are stored, created a small but compelling exhibit in its downtown Miami galleries that includes a variety of artifacts from the circle site. Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 There’s then no record of the painting until February of 1934, when Hôpital Saint-Paul appeared in a Parisian art gallery owned by art dealer Paul Rosenberg. News Desk, Artforum, 30 June 2026 Mields participated in Documenta 6 in 1997, won the Gabriele Münter Prize, and was celebrated at the Bonn Art Museum with a dedicated solo gallery exhibition coinciding with her 90th birthday. Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for gallery
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Noun
  • The museum uses Akrotiri as a point of reference for the life and culture of prehistoric Thira.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • That was until 2012, when the ever-curious Jackson got back in touch with Sakpinit at the museum requesting any information Thailand might have on the crash of a US plane in an area near Chiang Mai on November 5, 1944.
    Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
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  • The El Cajon detective who edited the video said the man did that several times, lingering between the office hallway and the alley parking lot.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2026
  • Players can make choices — answer the call from Claire (Sink), go out into the hallway, try and get in touch with your superintendent to figure out what’s going on — and depending on those decisions, the game will play out differently.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
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  • In the aftermath of the collapse, victims’ families and injured survivors filed lawsuits against the property owner, manager, porch contractor and the city, the last of which a state appellate court ruled could not be held liable.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Use easy-to-maintain container gardens as accents for entrances, porches and patios.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
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  • Traffic is expected to be impacted in Midtown Manhattan as the city initiates shuttle bus corridors and closed streets around Penn Station for fans going to MetLife Stadium, which FIFA calls New York New Jersey Stadium.
    Mark Prussin, CBS News, 27 June 2026
  • At the committee hearing Wednesday, the room overflowed with supporters who queued up in the room and outside in the corridor to make public comment and emphasize the importance of the bill.
    Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
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  • The global community has long considered the strait an international passageway, despite its sitting in Iran and Oman’s territorial waters.
    Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • The global community has long considered the strait an international passageway, despite its location in Iran and Oman’s territorial waters.
    Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
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  • Walking the concourses at Lumen, the Pride branding was largely drowned out by a sea of Egyptian and Iranian flags.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • However, people were seen pouring through the gates and settling in the concourse to get cover from rain.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026

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“Gallery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallery. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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