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a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building airline passengers had to pass through the security checkpoints before being allowed in the concourse

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Recent Examples of concourse For those traveling through Oregon, therapy llamas roam the concourse at the Portland International Airport. Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 5 Dec. 2024 Points can be earned by scanning a student Den pass upon entry to the arena and scanning a QR code on the scoreboard or designated areas in the concourse after each game. Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024 The lounge was first announced in March 2022 along with new restaurants and shops that would anchor this concourse, which opened for Southwest Airlines flights in June 2022. Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 12 Nov. 2024 Yes, Billie Eilish Reverb Eco-Villages will be set up in two areas in the main concourse of the arena so fans can take part in the tour’s sustainability efforts and connect with nonprofits. David Wysong, The Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for concourse 
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Noun
  • The mountain wave winds, which could reach up to 80 to 100 mph, are expected to be the strongest across the 118 and 210 highway corridors, including the San Gabriel and San Fernando foothills, the Simi Valley and the eastern Ventura County valleys.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Snow could affect sections of the I-40 corridor through Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Tennessee, while icy conditions are expected along the I-20 corridor from Texas to Georgia.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to the buttons, the contract includes visual strobes that will be installed in every classroom, hallway, and common are.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Miss Casey was last seen entering the elevator in that dark-walled hallway that Irving keeps painting, with an arrow that points only down.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • The passageway—known as the Vasari Corridor—connects Florence’s lush Boboli Gardens to the world-famous Uffizi Galleries, an art museum boasting works such as Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus and Caravaggio’s Medusa.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Over time, new buildings kept attaching to others like barnacles, so façades had second careers as interior walls, windows turned into hallways, and passageways became bathrooms.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Concourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concourse. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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