passageway

as in corridor
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the passageway to the other side of the office

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Recent Examples of passageway Through long tracking shots, Epure frequently captures Maria roaming passageways, with purpose but never entirely at home in her surroundings. Olivia Bennett, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025 The Palazzo Dona has a legacy of grandeur and celebration, not to mention gilded ballrooms and hidden passageways. Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025 Wednesday and Fester followed a hidden passageway that led them to a block of cells where all the outcasts who were believed to be dead were being held. Megan McCluskey, Time, 6 Aug. 2025 The story follows a man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway, who sets out to find Exit 8. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for passageway
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Noun
  • The rapper opened a second location along the historic Sistrunk corridor six years after his Miami Gardens locale had taste buds buzzing, including the likes of Rihanna.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to Exit 81, TDOT is working to improve Exit 84 along the Interstate 24 corridor in Rutherford County.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Six federal officers were in the hallway waiting to arrest him on an immigration warrant.
    John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There’s one shot of the hallway that shows the Kings live at Penthouse B — the second-best penthouse.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These nods to the past continue via the decor in the general admission concourses.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Halloween-style may not to be worn upon entry and in concourses but will be permitted when guests are in seats.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageway. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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