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as in region
a broad geographical area the urban corridor along the state's eastern coast is considerably more liberal than the rural areas to the west

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as in hallway
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the long, sterile corridors give the government building a forbidding air

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Recent Examples of corridor These alternatives can tailor solutions to specific cross-border corridors, focus on niche user groups, or tackle unique challenges that a one-size-fits-all system might overlook. Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Lincoln Road Halloween Block Party: The popular road will transform into a spooky corridor, complete with zombies, superheroes and vampires for a fun night of music and festivities. Sommer Brugal, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024 His stand was set up along a travel corridor roughly 40 yards away from a feeder. Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024 Among the ghosts still haunting Washington, D.C.: Lincoln, who has been spotted wandering the corridors at the White House, as has his 11-year-old son, Willie, who died there in 1862 from typhoid fever. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for corridor 
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  • The company maintains a tax holiday for a subsidiary in the APAC region, which contributed to a lower effective tax rate of 13.7% for the year.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Washington sees Indonesia, the most populous country in Southeast Asia, as an important partner in a region where its rival Beijing has deep trade and investment ties.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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  • Zhenya crouches there in the hallway, cradling her hands, her jacket released.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • As everyone yells at each other, Torres sneaks around the hallways trying to get a signal on his phone.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • The algorithm failed to de-age the neck on some subjects.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • During a windy blizzard in Colorado’s high country, one tester appreciated the high collar, which buttons over itself to offer scarf-like warmth at the neck.
    Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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  • Such lean staffing is something of a necessity: the Bowery Market, a onetime auto-body shop on a busy NoHo corner, hosts four near-microscopic food stalls arranged around a broad open-air passageway.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Seemingly supernatural encounters, locked rooms and secret passageways tease the question of whether the house is truly haunted, or whether the long-ago death was actually a murder.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
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  • Because, in this land of weak governments and cowardly corporations, the Coastal Commission is the rare California institution with a spine.
    Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Yellowstone has tackled hot-button topics that are top of mind for voters this year: land ownership, representation onscreen with its Native storytelling and reproductive rights, among other topics.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • Wide-open concourses with views of the court encourage wandering.
    Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Yes, Billie Eilish Reverb Eco-Villages will be set up in two areas in the main concourse of the arena so that fans can take part in the tour’s sustainability efforts and connect with nonprofits.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024

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“Corridor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corridor. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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