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foyer

[foi-er, foi-ay, fwa-yay] / ˈfɔɪ ər, ˈfɔɪ eɪ, fwaˈjeɪ /
NOUN
receiving area
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In the brightly lighted foyer, Valentyna Kyselova adjusts her hair in one of the gilded mirrors, then poses for a selfie with a friend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Upon entering the home, guests are greeted with an elegant foyer, which boasts an elegant staircase and tile floors.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

The 300-year-old building was converted into an 82-seat theatre, with surrounding corridors used to create a foyer and backstage area.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Each Sunday afternoon, after a Spanish-language service, lawyers, translators and parishioners gather in the basement foyer to help families navigate the immigration system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

I left the rest of the mail on the foyer table and went straight to my room to read it.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

People are going to cinemas now, and at the end people stand up and applaud and talk about the movie in the foyers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024

In cities including Chicago, New York and Denver, migrants who have no access to work permits sleep in police station foyers and in airports.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024

Starting from September, public buildings apart from institutions like hospitals, are to be heated to a maximum of 19C and the heating may be turned of completely in entrances, corridors and foyers.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2022

The route passes through foyers, porticos, libraries and a ballroom in which they hear a lively period waltz.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022

These buildings have elevators in them, and wide foyers with plants, and are called things like The Monte Carlo.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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