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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 verandah
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 The gallery is the vision of Joan Edwards and her husband, Leo Bratenas. William Jones, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025 Alicia, for example, had her first show at [Jeffrey] Deitch [art gallery] in New York. Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025 The project’s findings became part of a wider human rights campaign and formed the basis of several of Abu Hamdan’s gallery and museum installations. Jim Quilty, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025 Historic train footage highlighting the role of California’s early film industry will be screened in the upper gallery, while demonstrations by local high school team The Spartan Robotics will add a contemporary touch. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gallery
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Noun
  • And then, inside the museum hangs a mobile by the most famous Calder of all, Alexander Calder, its white disks floating—at once ethereal and pronounced—against the sandy-colored stone columns of the Great Stair Hall.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Their Art for All program drew over three million people to the museum for free Uniqlo Friday Nights, while the MoMA x Uniqlo UT collaborative T-shirts expanded access to modern art by way of the closet.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • The spirit tunnel, as the talk show has dubbed it, features crew members singing and clapping as guests on the show walk down a hallway to the set.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Shoes and booties from his new Marie Antoinette capsule collection peeked from little green trees and bushes set up in the museum’s big marble hallway.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
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  • Officials have identified Marysville as one of the five most dangerous corridors in Sacramento, and a Sacramento Bee review shows at least six people have died on the road since 2017.
    Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The preserve permanently protects 835 acres of critical open space, ensuring that forests, meadows, and wildlife corridors above Sundance in Northfork Canyon remain intact for future generations.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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  • Dudes who can’t get in get into screaming matches with Jah at the door, and the party extends out into the street where neighbors start peeking out their windows and standing on their porches shaking their heads.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This family-friendly DIY is perfect for hiding around your garden, displaying on your porch, or using to decorate your walkway.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
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  • Their three robotic rovers, outfitted with an array of cutting-edge imagery gear including time-of-flight cameras, helped the team generate an atlas of 3D maps of the site - from its skylight to its inner passageways.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Those tendrils of greenery would act as invitations worth accepting, passageways to Queens’s own central park, a haven of natural beauty, noisy play, quiet retreat, and social gathering.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • The renovations are part of a larger $242 million airport modernization program currently underway that will update design across six of the terminal’s seven concourses (A, B, C, D, F, and G) by the end of this year.
    Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Some of those plans include terminal lobby expansions, concourse upgrades, and traffic improvements.
    Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Gallery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallery. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.

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