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 America's only underground holiday light show is a 1.3-mile drive through the Louisville Mega Cavern's underground passageways. Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 17 Dec. 2024 Syria’s territory was used as a logistical passageway for the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, which has been at war with Israel since October 2023. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024 Additionally, the Harmony module both serves as a hub providing air, power and water to the space station, and also acts as an internal connecting port and passageway to science labs and cargo spacecraft. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024 While exploring the cool caverns and passageways below the surface of the Earth, guests learn about the geology, history, and wildlife of the caves (the latter includes the rare ghost shrimp). Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for passageway 
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Noun
  • The sleet and freezing rain could stretch as far south as the Interstate 10 corridor.
    Allison Chinchar, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Strong Santa Ana winds are forecast for Monday and Tuesday, particularly 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., with sustained gusts of 45 mph to 65 mph expected across Santa Ana wind corridors of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Fall of Diddy includes a snippet of harrowing footage from March 5, 2016, that CNN released, where Combs is seen attacking Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway, kicking and shoving her, then dragging her by her sweatshirt before throwing an object at her.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The retired general’s portrait at the Pentagon, hung in the Joint Chiefs hallway, was taken down Monday less than two weeks after it was put up.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • Passengers deplaned via emergency slides and were safely transported to a nearby concourse.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But the concourses, toilets, 94 turnstiles and corporate facilities, especially in the East Stand, require renovation.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageway. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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