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as in foyers
a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior
our tour group met downstairs in the lobby of the hotel before going out to dinner
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as in hallways
the entrance room of a building
the ticket booth is located in the theater's outer lobby
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Recent Examples of lobbies
Walking through lobbies, corridors, public areas (even outside), the art becomes part of the journey, a moment to pause, notice and discover something about yourself.
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Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Twenty-first-century indie shaped the identities of many Millennials, but it’s now often talked about with pitying nostalgia—as the bygone style of hipsters with handlebar mustaches pretending to be countercultural while making easy-listening music for hotel lobbies.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Corporate leaders are keeping their heads down, and the business lobbies are nowhere to be seen.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Crunching the Numbers The National Restaurant Association, a powerful trade association that lobbies on behalf of restaurant owners, takes a different stance.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Now, the tech industry lobbies for digital priorities.
—Devry Boughner Vorwerk, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Prospectors sinking wells met in hotel lobbies for lunch then adjourned to hotel suites to spread out geological maps and talk about mineral rights and royalties.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2025
Strnad is a former union steward for Workers United and the founder and managing member of Drinks In The Seats, a political action committee that lobbies on behalf of in-seat beer vendors.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The Charge Ahead Partnership lobbies to have private businesses play a significant role in the development of a national charger network.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Twenty-first-century indie shaped the identities of many Millennials, but it’s now often talked about with pitying nostalgia—as the bygone style of hipsters with handlebar mustaches pretending to be countercultural while making easy-listening music for hotel lobbies.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Corporate leaders are keeping their heads down, and the business lobbies are nowhere to be seen.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Crunching the Numbers The National Restaurant Association, a powerful trade association that lobbies on behalf of restaurant owners, takes a different stance.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Now, the tech industry lobbies for digital priorities.
—Devry Boughner Vorwerk, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Prospectors sinking wells met in hotel lobbies for lunch then adjourned to hotel suites to spread out geological maps and talk about mineral rights and royalties.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2025
Strnad is a former union steward for Workers United and the founder and managing member of Drinks In The Seats, a political action committee that lobbies on behalf of in-seat beer vendors.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The Charge Ahead Partnership lobbies to have private businesses play a significant role in the development of a national charger network.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobbies
Noun
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They aren't located in classrooms, dorm room hallways or other more private spaces on campus.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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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
Noun
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The result is an intimate offering of access to heritage maisons and avant-garde craftsmen beyond the frenetic halls of Watches & Wonders, the world’s largest trade show.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
9 Sep. 2025
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Kibbe is adept in the art of soft power, rallying the likes of H&M Group, ThredUp, Reformation, USAgain and Vestiaire Collective to campaign for textile resale, reuse and recycling in the halls of Capitol Hill.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Not abstract, delayed or generalized data, but precise, real-time and location-specific insights delivered from the world’s most remote forests, deepest watersheds and most polluted urban corridors.—
Michael De Nil,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Carter has to hide behind pieces of waist-high cover and move around Simms, who patrols the corridors of the ship, to try and make it to his destination.—
Echo Apsey,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Lobbies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobbies. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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