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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 New funds, the result of a state budget surplus, are allowing the department to speed up construction of multiple interchanges along the highway in the central Treasure Valley, allowing the full corridor that connects Interstate 84 to Emmett to open by 2027, the release said. Marcus Dorsey, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025 The city has recently approved development on overcrowded (traffic) main thoroughfares like Federal Highway & has been unable to lure any development to areas of the city that could support development like the Dixie Highway corridor. Dan Herz, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025 The more immediate concern, according to research published in The Lancet, is how a half dozen people will handle living among each other in tight corridors. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025 Fernanda Hernandez, 19, led some of her friends down 4th Street, Orange County’s historical Latino corridor. Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for corridor 
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  • Years of bad weather in the key cocoa-producing region of West Africa and the cocoa swollen shoot virus disease have hampered production.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The extreme cold in comes as other regions of the country are expected to see dangerous winter conditions this week.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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  • The hallways outside the locker room, where people congregated behind the scenes, trafficked in relationships.
    Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • President Donald Trump's mug shot, one of the most infamous photos of the president that became a symbol of defiance for Trump and his supporters, now proudly hangs in the hallway outside the Oval Office.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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  • She is also said to have had marks on her neck and hemorrhaging in her eyes.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Listen to this article A former Merrillville man was sentenced Friday to 3.5 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in the neck outside a Merrillville hotel in August 2023.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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  • Alternative shortcut: There is also an entrance/exit to the underground passageway near the corner of Sixth and Centre avenues.
    Ryan Deto, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
  • In addition to the horror of the holocaust, the Institute also needed to represent the idea of freedom and some kind of passageway between the couple.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
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  • The Octagon is heading Down Under as UFC 312 lands in Australia with a fight card that's loaded with action.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Related article South African president and Elon Musk discuss ‘misinformation’ after Trump aid threat In the past, racist policies forcefully removed Black and non-White South Africans from land for White people to use.
    Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • Work is also being done to improve the grandstand concourses and there are plans to fill in the two corners of the ground that remain open to the elements.
    Matt Slater, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Kate then emerged and held a little girl named Grace's hand to walk across the concourse outside the gallery.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025

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“Corridor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corridor. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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