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 There were multiple attempts to build the Panama Canal, the vital passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025 Fan Tan Alley is a narrow 240-foot long passageway between two streets in Victoria’s historic Chinatown—the second-oldest in North America after San Francisco—that has been featured in several films, including the 1990 movie Bird on a Wire. Steve Lyons, SPIN, 13 Jan. 2025 Research in the Vanguard Cave began in 2012, and since then, scientists have revealed several new findings in its passageways and chambers. Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024 Where: 2000 Smallman St., Strip District, inside the 20th Street passageway. Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for passageway
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Noun
  • In the afternoon into the evening, heavy rain will drench the I-94 corridor.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Whatever the case, deer tend to use familiar travel corridors.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Let students reach for their phones in the hallways, or while eating, or in homeroom, or whatever.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Court documents paint a picture of a night filled with odd sounds, unknown voices, panicked texts, unanswered calls and a shadowy figure in the hallway – all in the setting of a college town that hadn’t experienced a murder since 2015.
    Taylor Romine, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The ball cleared the outfield concourse and bounced off the roof of a building on the outer edge of the stadium.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The terminal will include a concourse reflecting New York’s green spaces, artwork from more than 30 plus, and live performances.
    Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageway. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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