Thesaurus results for LOBBIES

lobbies

noun

plural of lobby

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 The spot will run for four weeks before screenings of Primetime and in movie theater lobbies. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026 For heritage properties long defined by golf, pools and grand lobbies, that shift is a reason to rethink the spa. — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026 Other takeaways from lobbying during the 2026 legislative session include a big increase from the City of Indianapolis and continued dominance from the energy and health care lobbies. — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 14 Aug. 2026 In upscale hotels in Karbala, a city some 55 miles south of Baghdad, wealthier Iranians dressed in black fill the lobbies. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026 El-Sayed was referring to the more than $60 million that was spent in support of Stevens from lobbies including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), as well as the strong support for Stevens from establishment Democrats. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 Many of them wound up in the backyards of San Jose homes, while others became conversation pieces in the lobbies of San Jose businesses. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026 The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which lobbies on behalf of tech firms, has opposed these laws. — ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 But pressure from local religious lobbies stalled the process, local rights groups said. — Monika Pronczuk, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

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All of the Regent’s 167 rooms and suites come standard with entry foyers and separate living areas.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2026
Too much architecture — too many foyers, signs, cafés, screens, glossy surfaces, bright colors, and walls — could ruin the raw, funky feel of the place.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 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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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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