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as in corridors
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building
the hallway between the bedroom and bathroom was strewn with toys
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as in lobbies
the entrance room of a building
visitors to the Georgian mansion are received in a handsomely proportioned hallway featuring an open staircase
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Recent Examples of hallways
In middle school cafeterias, high school hallways and across college campuses, Charlie Kirk's death spread phone to phone.
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Rachel Hale, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The consignment shop also has a large selection of rugs, including those for smaller spaces, such as powder rooms and hallways.
—Olivia Lee, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Surveillance usually exists only in public spaces like lobbies, elevators or hallways.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The biggest downside of the WWE maze was the stretch of blackout hallways of nothingness — a rarity in the otherwise always immaculately themed Horror Nights mazes.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
They aren't located in classrooms, dorm room hallways or other more private spaces on campus.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
His entire identity is woven into its hallways and kitchens, and the news that an Argentine mogul — played with ironic detachment by Solnicki himself — intends to purchase the hotel and demolish it to make way for a new architectural venture is treated as nothing less than an existential threat.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
While their moms were tending to patients, the two friends walked through the hallways, played games and watched movies in the hospital's lounges and open areas to kill the time.
—David Chiu, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Emergency Room nurses and EMTs tend to patients in hallways at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital on August 18, 2021, in Houston, Texas.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Rachel Hale, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The consignment shop also has a large selection of rugs, including those for smaller spaces, such as powder rooms and hallways.
—Olivia Lee, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Surveillance usually exists only in public spaces like lobbies, elevators or hallways.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The biggest downside of the WWE maze was the stretch of blackout hallways of nothingness — a rarity in the otherwise always immaculately themed Horror Nights mazes.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
They aren't located in classrooms, dorm room hallways or other more private spaces on campus.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
His entire identity is woven into its hallways and kitchens, and the news that an Argentine mogul — played with ironic detachment by Solnicki himself — intends to purchase the hotel and demolish it to make way for a new architectural venture is treated as nothing less than an existential threat.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
While their moms were tending to patients, the two friends walked through the hallways, played games and watched movies in the hospital's lounges and open areas to kill the time.
—David Chiu, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Emergency Room nurses and EMTs tend to patients in hallways at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital on August 18, 2021, in Houston, Texas.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallways
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The fight, now unfolding in the corridors of Congress amongst lobbyists on both sides of the issue, underscores the stakes as stablecoins transition from niche crypto instruments to mainstream payment rails.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Tokyo — After years of threatening to upend industries around the world, artificial intelligence could soon enter the corridors of power, if a fringe political party in Japan gets its way.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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Moving people up and down this vertical city requires 59 elevators, including five double-deck elevators capable of traveling, along with multiple escalators and sky lobbies.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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The town has long been home to some of the world’s most remarkable ski resorts, each seemingly outdoing the last with grander lobbies, better views, and ever-more attentive service.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
8 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
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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 concourses in each stand, for instance, have all been given a different theme, ranging from homages to Everton greats through to fan culture and even the city’s industrial and musical heritage.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Halloween-style may not to be worn upon entry and in concourses but will be permitted when guests are in seats.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Grand Finale is the third film in a trilogy that spawned from the wild popularity of ITV and PBS’ six-season show set among the halls of a grand, stately home in early 20th century England.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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That meant bouncing along the halls of capitol hill or along the green near historic monuments.—
Kristin L. Wolfe,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Hallways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallways. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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