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galleries

noun

plural of gallery

as in museums

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 corridors

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 porches

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 galleries The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, a Smithsonian affiliate, features exhibits and galleries that promote an understanding of Birmingham's role in the Civil Rights Movement. — Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Kusama’s large-scale sculptures and immersive installations break attendance records at museums and galleries around the world, and her works regularly set records at auction. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 This was before the High Line became a top tourist attraction, before blue-chip galleries and billion-dollar towers transformed the neighborhood. — Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026 The motif would grow alongside both her compositions and her legend, first engulfing frames, then rooms, and finally entire galleries. — Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026 While her postwar contemporaries Andy Warhol and Donald Judd were embraced by the art establishment and booking shows at commercial galleries, Kusama struggled to gain recognition for years. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 The six galleries in this section will also receive bursaries to offset costs with participating in the fair, according to a release. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Her Infinity Mirror Rooms have been exhibited at museums and galleries worldwide, from London’s Tate Modern to Crystal Bridges in Arkansas, while her David Zwirner exhibitions have drawn multi-hour lines and gone viral on social media. — Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026 Admission is free to the center’s permanent galleries; a charge for special exhibits. — Holly Andres, Daily News, 27 Aug. 2026

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Kusama’s large-scale sculptures and immersive installations break attendance records at museums and galleries around the world, and her works regularly set records at auction.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
One example is museums’ wall labels now mentioning tainted or dubious provenance.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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If competition over the corridors grows faster than Syria’s capacity to manage it, the country could fall victim to greater foreign control and extraction.

— Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Much of the country’s potential is run-of-river hydropower, Narasimhan said, meaning facilities are closely tied to steep river corridors where land is limited and hazards can cascade quickly.

— Victoria Milko, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

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Remove any large groupings of plants like saw palmetto, yaupon, wax myrtle and gallberry, especially if the plants are close to the home, adjacent decks or porches or under eaves or overhangs.

— Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Here, the multiple porches, along with the stone walls and the terracotta roof, combine into a classic romantic idea of a house—one that never gets old—no matter how long forever turns out to be.

— Jeffrey Dungan, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026

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Since staterooms are clustered closely together, keeping voices down in hallways—especially late at night—shows consideration for neighbors who may already be asleep.

— Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026
Overlapping conversations in Russian, Spanish, Romanian, Mandarin and Pashto — plus several others — bleed into the hallways in a cacophony reminiscent of an airport or embassy.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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The wars in the Gulf and Ukraine have essentially shut off some of the world’s key passageways for global commodities, while extended droughts have restricted travel through the key arteries such as the Panama Canal.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026
While PennDOT already has created over 30 wildlife crossings, the establishment of the new cohesive group of state agency stakeholders is likely to accelerate building the safe animal passageways and reverse the high collision rate with motorists.

— Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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