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auditorium

[aw-di-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-] / ˌɔ dɪˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr- /


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Inside, the school has high ceilings and big windows, a 300-seat auditorium, a gym, a ceramics studio and a court for a soccer variant called futsal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

That chandelier started in four separate pieces, flying through the auditorium to come together and form the complete fixture at the overture’s climax.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

There were the activists who marched nearly a mile from the burnt-out warehouse to push past security and enter the auditorium, chanting “Shut it down!”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

But this was the National University of Singapore, where hundreds had packed into the auditorium, mostly Singaporean Chinese and those who had moved or were visiting from China.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

I hear waves of commotion as people start to take their seats in the auditorium.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Sheffield Theatres' three auditoria have a total capacity of 2,500 - the same as the National's three venues.

From BBC Nov. 9, 2021

On comfy seats in big auditoria, writers pretend that the 200 souls in front of them represent the world.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2020

The venue has two auditoria - one with 1,200 seats, where Peter Pan is playing, and another with a capacity of 800.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2019

Speaking to packed auditoria and hailed by adoring crowds, he’s been treated more like a movie star than a satirist.

From The Guardian Sep. 9, 2014

The auditoria are nearly all badly ventilated, and ill fitted up, the only exceptions being the Theatre Royal at Adelaide, and the Bijou in Melbourne.

From Town Life in Australia by Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny

The steady checks from the university took the pressure off my pages as they championed my books with launch events in their auditoriums, sharing good reviews on their vast website.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

Unlike Imax or Dolby Cinema, Infinity Vision isn’t a projection format; rather, it’s a designation for auditoriums that meet certain standards for screen size, projection and sound.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

The Grade II listed building divided opinion when it first opened but is now widely regarded as a landmark of brutalist architecture, with its textured concrete, riverside terraces and three auditoriums.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Across all movie releases, 16% of tickets sold this year were in premium-format auditoriums, up from 13% in 2021, according to research firm EntTelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Board of Education for the use of the Central High School auditorium, one of the city’s largest school auditoriums.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman




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