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lobby::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | buttonhole |
| Type of | tap, beg, solicit |
| Derivation | lobbyist |
lobby::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group, special-interest group, special interest, special interest group, third house |
| Type of | political unit, interest, interest group, political entity |
| Has types | national rifle association, nra |
| Derivation | lobbyist |
lobby::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule |
| Type of | room |
| Has types | narthex |
lobby::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | people |
Examples of lobby
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Dozens of people crammed into the building's small lobby to pore over the lists.
From the denverpost.com
I ran barefoot to the street once I made it, slowly and painfully, to the lobby.
From the forbes.com
Prior to each performance, the MTGlee choir will perform in the Playhouse lobby.
From the timesunion.com
The escalators will crisscross from the lobby to the library on the third floor.
From the washingtonpost.com
Weingarten and her powerful lobby don't buy into this concept, at least not yet.
From the kansas.com
A wall in the lobby of earlier 20th-century prints offers a historical prologue.
From the online.wsj.com
Go down one floor from the lobby and step into a land of ponytails and peroxide.
From the charlotteobserver.com
There are three primary reasons why patients and providers lobby to be included.
From the forbes.com
Lobby groups should not be allowed within a mile of the Capitol Building by law.
From the freep.com
- Anteroom: a large entrance or reception room or area
- Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
- The people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- A group of people who try actively to influence legislation
- (lobbyism) the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist
- Lobby was a Slovak Eurodance music band from 1995 to 2001.
- Lobby is a traditional dish from North Staffordshire, England. It was originally eaten by impoverished potters who lacked the money for fresh ingredients.
- A lobby is a room in a building which is used for entry from the outside. Sometimes referred to as a foyer or an entrance hall.
- The Lobby is the term to collectively describe the political journalists in the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament. The term is derived from the special access they are granted to the Members' Lobby
