as in foyer
the entrance room of a building please leave your wet boots in the vestibule

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Recent Examples of vestibule The company’s iconic flagship store near New York’s Central Park is an all-glass cube measuring 32½ feet (10 meters) on each side and serving as a vestibule to the store below. Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025 Gear that didn’t fit inside went into the 45-square-foot front vestibule, which doubled as a lounge during a brief evening rainstorm. Jenny Wiegand, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025 The big addition is a new wing with a gymnasium, three classrooms and a vestibule. Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025 Foreman and his accomplices fired a number of gunshots at four people standing in an apartment building vestibule in Dorchester. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vestibule
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Noun
  • Accompanying the film screenings around the world, cinema foyers carried installations and themed message walls, and also offered dancefloors and gathering spaces for BTS fans to come together.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Other highlights include a private elevator landing and foyer that lead to a living room and dining area separated by a two-way limestone fireplace and lined with French doors opening to a southern terrace overlooking the city and Hudson River.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Patients still receive care in hallways and wait hours or even days to be admitted.
    Dr. Bryce Pulliam, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Vestibule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vestibule. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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