Definition of concoursenext
as in corridor
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building airline passengers had to pass through the security checkpoints before being allowed in the concourse

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Recent Examples of concourse The massive collage occupies both sides of the concourse at Wilshire/La Brea and plays with time, place and light. Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026 With multiple terminals, busy concourses, and connections happening all day long, travelers can end up covering more ground than expected. Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026 Still, Secret Service Uniformed Division officers saw the blur of a man sprinting through the concourse, confronted him and tackled him. Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 Today its tenants include Deloitte and NBCUniversal; a $50 million plaza renovation is connecting it to the Rockefeller Center concourse below. Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for concourse
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Noun
  • But the waterway is also a critical corridor for other commodities essential to the production of semiconductor chips.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 May 2026
  • Between 2019 and 2023, Florida had more than 1,700 deadly crashes along that specific corridor, accounting for a quarter of all fatal crashes on Interstate 95 in the country.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The declaration alleged Rojas was zip-tied in the hallway and Caceres fainted.
    Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • The entire time players are walking through, music has been booming through the hallways.
    Jade Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • So long as the strait, a passageway for 20% of the world’s crude oil before the war, remains closed, consumers are unlikely to see immediate relief.
    Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 12 May 2026
  • That’s because global energy prices have remained elevated as well, with the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key global passageway through which 20% of the world’s oil passes, along with various other commodities.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 May 2026

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“Concourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concourse. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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