atrium

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Recent Examples of atrium At last, a glass-walled elevator to the restaurant will shoot you upward at thrill-ride speed, hurtling through the hotel’s vertiginous atrium, past the open-plan gym and seemingly endless hotel-room floors, before opening onto the smiling faces of hosts behind a reception desk. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 May 2025 This can also be seen on the design level, from the natural raw materials in the lobby to the open-air atrium lined with an expansive green wall. Christina Liao, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025 The solution: Create two atriums so that more windows can be added to apartments. Ellen Rosen, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025 Patients access the complex — created by merging a former law office, funeral home, car dealership and Dunkin’ Donuts — by driving around back where a porte cochere leads into a soaring atrium. T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for atrium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atrium
Noun
  • Singing performances filled the courtyard as the Dalai Lama was served a slice of his birthday cake, topped with fresh fruit and a white lily.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 July 2025
  • Other amenities include a front desk and lobby, community lounge, outdoor courtyard with playground, computer lab and on-site property management.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • The now-familiar Olympic cauldron torch was added above the peristyle at the east end of the stadium.
    Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • The cold room consists of a peristyle or porticoed court that is 10 meters (33 feet) long and 10 meters wide, with a large pool at the center.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Dogs are allowed on the outdoor patio, but not indoors.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
  • For a summer of hosting barbecues, patio hangouts, and outdoor entertaining, your backyard deserves a little luxury—but your wallet shouldn’t have to take the heat.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • It is attached to a galleria with a striking black slate floor, a wet bar, columns and glass doors that open onto the patio.
    Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Bea walked into the bright light of the galleria and sat at the small café.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • The blouse features a hint of a collar, soon-to-be-trending frog enclosures, and slits on the sleeves that mimic the trousers.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 July 2025
  • The often elaborate enclosure requirements for reptiles and amphibians can make initial setup expensive.
    Samantha Winegarner, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Fifteen years after that, when changes in the plaza led to raise in rent, Replay found a new home on a different stretch of Whitney Avenue in Hamden in 2007 and has been there ever since.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
  • The third annual Disability Pride Month March and Rally takes place July 12 at the Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St., with participants marching around the main library and plaza starting at 11 a.m. Attendees are invited to make signs and ribbon wands from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. before the parade.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • With the arrival of Amaya, an odd quadrangle emerges between her, Austin, Ace, and Chelley.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 June 2025
  • Not private enough to give up federal funding, whether for student tuition fees, quadrangle rhododendrons, wind tunnels, or NMR Spectrometers.
    Amity Shlaes, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Wilson had 101 catches for 1,104 yards and seven touchdowns, reaching career-highs in each of those statistical categories.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2025
  • Peterson rushed for 448 yards and two touchdowns with the Cardinals.
    Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025

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