rotunda
noun
ro·tun·da
rō-ˈtən-də 
1
: a round building
especially
: one covered by a dome
2
a
: a large round room
b
: a large central area (as in a hotel)
Examples of rotunda in a Sentence
We stood inside the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building.
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The grand second-story interior rotunda and oculus skylight emerged, along with two curved drawing rooms.
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2024
In 2020, the statue of Jefferson Davis was removed from the rotunda after a vote by the Historic Properties Advisory Commission.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
Williams, the public advocate, said in the rotunda that excluding Level 1 interactions would also defeat the purpose of the bill.
—Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
The grand rotunda currently exhibiting an Urs Fischer work took my breath away.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 June 2024
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2024
In 2020, the statue of Jefferson Davis was removed from the rotunda after a vote by the Historic Properties Advisory Commission.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
Williams, the public advocate, said in the rotunda that excluding Level 1 interactions would also defeat the purpose of the bill.
—Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
The grand rotunda currently exhibiting an Urs Fischer work took my breath away.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 June 2024
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rotunda
noun
ro·tun·da
rō-ˈtən-də
1
: a round building
especially
: one covered by a dome
2
a
: a large round room
b
: a large central area (as in a hotel)
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