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as in region
a broad geographical area the urban corridor along the state's eastern coast is considerably more liberal than the rural areas to the west

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as in hallway
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the long, sterile corridors give the government building a forbidding air

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Recent Examples of corridor Photo : Legendary Productions A corridor with gallery-like walls. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2025 The village recently approved a tax increment financing district that takes in property along the Halsted Street commercial corridor and includes the vacant Walmart property. Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025 Some agile fintechs may adapt and thrive, capturing new domestic markets or tailoring solutions for emerging corridors. Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for corridor
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Noun
  • Many cancer patients in these regions cannot afford or physically reach hospitals for frequent intravenous treatments.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Authorities in the northeastern Sumy and Kharkiv regions reported damage to civilian infrastructure but no casualties.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
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  • Cara and Jacob are asleep on a bench in the hallway when Spencer calls for his aunt.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
  • McDaniel recalled seeing students running in the hallway and dropping down to the floor.
    Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
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  • But their magnum opus was 1978’s Dub Housing, where Thomas shows off his collection of animal noises, grunts, yelps, and screeches, up to his neck in industrial synth-and-guitar factory noise.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Hendry, whose career experienced a significant upswing in the past year, marked by viral moments and positive impressions on WWE officials during his NXT appearances in late 2024 and early 2025, stepped into the WrestleMania spotlight after Kevin Owens was sidelined due to a neck injury.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • Since the protests a year ago, the university has heavily restricted campus access, drawing a lawsuit from neighbors in Manhattan who say Columbia is violating city and state laws permitting a passageway through campus.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • And there is an internal passageway to the Frick Art Reference Library, now called the Frick Art Research Library.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Hundreds of square miles of open land along Highway 101 and Interstate 5 remain undeveloped.
    Edward Ring, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Last week, the Department of the Interior announced that land would be transferred to the Army, allowing the military would of federal land to support Border Patrol for a period of three years.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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  • The program limits music in retail environments and concourses, as well as ending all gate announcements for departing flights throughout the entire terminal.
    Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The damage to the stadium was extensive, ripping apart the roof and destroying the lights, playing field, and parts of the concourse.
    Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Corridor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corridor. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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