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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 Bobby Kukar and consists of approximately 20-25 local, state and federal law enforcement officers who conduct weekly operations along the Interstate 95 corridor. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2025 From Pit Stop to Global Financial Highway What began as a tool for crypto traders to park value and escape volatility has morphed into an alternative financial system—embedding itself in everything from street markets to remittance corridors and reshaping global finance. Roomy Khan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 Strong winds on Tuesday are expected to create blizzard-like conditions in lower elevations, including metro Denver, the Palmer Divide and the Interstate 70 corridor, NWS forecasters said in a Hazardous Weather Outlook. Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025 Here, dereliction was kept at bay: the corridors were bright, broom-swept, and freshly painted. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for corridor
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Noun
  • All eyes were on this new artist, who had modernized a música Mexicana subgenre that was mainly popular in the Northern regions of Mexico, and played in the rancho.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Most regions that need the changes are also prone to political volatility that often sacrifice social change campaigns at the altar of political ambitions.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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  • Ideas are shared in hallway conversations, buried in meeting notes, or remain locked in the minds of a few senior leaders.
    Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The couple walked out to the hallway together during a break, each holding one of their sons.
    Jack Irvin, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Tropicana ditched its distinctive carafe, with its circular shape, thinning neck, and crown-like bottle cap.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The ruling was that both players violated the hands to the face/head/neck of an opponent policy.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
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  • Where: 2000 Smallman St., Strip District, inside the 20th Street passageway.
    Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Another is that researchers must create a highly compact and dense electron pulse to pass through the carbon nanotube passageway to begin with.
    The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The 2025 spring equinox lands on Thursday, March 20, at 2:01 a.m., according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Today the ranch, which covers 3,500 acres of mostly wooded land and streams, is run by Lynn’s family.
    Colleen Creamer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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  • Zoom in: The 4,600-square-foot Outfield Market will be on the right field concourse, opposite the Bullpen lounge named (what else) The Pen.
    Kristal Dixon, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Warren Buffett surveys the concourse ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 3, 2024.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Corridor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corridor. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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