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 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 Boasting over seven play areas, including a secret passageway with a slide, dorm room, bathroom, creepateria, and a classroom, this is not your typical doll house. Toby Rose, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024 The farm town of Dixon, population 19,000, made its mark in mazes about 20 years ago — about the time corn mazes began to take off across the U.S. thanks to new computer programming that helps farmers plot out massive labyrinths with a sinuous web of passageways. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for passageway 
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Noun
  • Tuesday could start the day with fog and mist before the heaviest rain along the I-95 corridor unleashes Wednesday, triggering travel troubles in spots with heavy fog, forecasters warned.
    Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Bad weather on the ascent corridor took the first three launch options on March 1 and 2 off the table.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • On his way to an appointment on Wednesday afternoon with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Hegseth passed in the hallway by fellow nominee, former congresswoman and Democrat-now-Republican Tulsi Gabbard.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • While showing viewers around their sprawling primary bedroom, the couple pauses to unveil the three giant eyeballs installed in the hallway just outside the space.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • First aid is lon the main concourse across from Section 116.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
  • What to expect: Beyond a new fan entrance, there will be new concourses and food halls, and 30% more restrooms to reduce lines, Leonsis told reporters at a press event Monday.
    Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024

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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageway. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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