as in auditoriums
a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings
the conference attendees crowded into the amphitheater for the keynote address
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Recent Examples of amphitheaters
Watch an opera at the Arena, one of the world’s largest surviving ancient Roman amphitheaters.
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Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025
Starting in September of 2024, the 35-date trek moved through arenas and amphitheaters in North America, Europe and Central America, averaging slightly more than 10,000 tickets and $838,000 in revenue per show, according to numbers reported to Billboard Boxscore.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
The documentary explores the history of the groundbreaking festival, which sold out amphitheaters nationwide for three consecutive summers with lineups including Sheryl Crow, The Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt, Liz Phair, Paula Cole, Suzanne Vega and Erykah Badu.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
The Lost Americana Tour is set to be his biggest global headline run yet, bringing him to major arenas, amphitheaters and festivals across North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Last summer, however, Dylan signed onto Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival, a big tour that exclusively hits amphitheaters that seat up upward of 20,000 people.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The island’s rich heritage is written in its streets—Greek temples, Roman amphitheaters, Arab courtyards, Norman cathedrals—each telling the story of the many civilizations that have called Sicily home.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amphitheaters
auditoriums
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Instead of costly real estate leases, IMAX makes deals with cinema chains to install its equipment into their auditoriums and then takes a share of the box office receipts for films screened in those theaters.—
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Camera Cinemas — the independent outfit led by Jack NyBlom, Jim Zuur and Dennis Skaggs — came in, renovated and added four auditoriums and reopened in July 2002 with a combo of first-run blockbusters and independent movies.—
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“Amphitheaters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amphitheaters. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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