as in foyer
the entrance room of a building the visitor thoughtfully removed her snow-covered hat and gloves in the entranceway

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Recent Examples of entranceway The video showed that all that appeared to be left of the home was the property’s entranceway and a few walls, with the rest reduced to rubble. Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025 Sharing the event’s decoration in a video on her Stories, a large pink balloon arch surrounded the doorway of Kim's entranceway, while green carpet and pink flower beds decked the hallway. Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024 The home is surrounded by mature trees and is reached by a circular driveway and a covered entranceway supported by four pillars. Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024 The four-lane bridge, which soared 185 feet above the Fort McHenry Channel, the entranceway to the Baltimore Harbor, hosted 7,448 vehicles in its first 11 hours of operation. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for entranceway
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Noun
  • The Martins’ home is distinguished by 11-foot ceilings, white oak floors and a grand foyer with a sweeping staircase.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This down-to-earth table keeps its shelving directly on the floor, which is an unexpected way to add decorative accents or a row of storage baskets and bins to a foyer.
    Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The first incident happened in November, according to the lawsuit, when the boy wore the T-shirt beneath a flannel shirt in a hallway before class had started.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Connected to the main dining area is a long hallway leading to the bar.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One of these is an oversized wall artwork by British artist Sophie Coryndon, found in the lobby.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In the lobby, patients read books in the Veterans Lending Library and ordered coffee at the Patriot Brew café.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Entranceway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entranceway. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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