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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
Habanero Cafe features attentive servers who take your order at your table, but payment happens at the counter in the front foyer.
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Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
That stately welcoming continues with a foyer featuring 30-foot-tall ceilings, modern crystal chandeliers, a winding staircase, a plant wall, and large slates of polished marble, and extra-glossy Brazilian Guyana wood.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2025
The men idled in the home’s marble and gold foyer alongside a gaggle of other visitors waiting to meet one of Manhattan’s most mysterious businessmen.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
One elderly man was making his selection on one of the voting machines in the school’s foyer around 11:45 a.m.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
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Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
That stately welcoming continues with a foyer featuring 30-foot-tall ceilings, modern crystal chandeliers, a winding staircase, a plant wall, and large slates of polished marble, and extra-glossy Brazilian Guyana wood.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2025
The men idled in the home’s marble and gold foyer alongside a gaggle of other visitors waiting to meet one of Manhattan’s most mysterious businessmen.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
One elderly man was making his selection on one of the voting machines in the school’s foyer around 11:45 a.m.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foyer
Noun
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The theater is set to include wider seats and more legroom than the average West End theater, as well as bar space at every level, four exclusive premium lounges and private seating boxes, high-speed elevators and 1,600 square meters of lobby space with views of the London skyline.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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For now, the Chamber’s legal challenge represents one of the most direct confrontations between the nation’s largest business lobby and a Republican administration over immigration policy in decades.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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During a soft lockdown, the school’s teachers are asked to check the hallways for staff and students before locking doors and windows.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Patients still receive care in hallways and wait hours or even days to be admitted.—
Dr. Bryce Pulliam,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Foyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foyer. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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