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as in route
an established course for traveling from one place to another
the long passage down the Atlantic seaboard, around Cape Horn, and up the Pacific Coast to California
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2
as in trip
a going from one place to another usually of some distance
an arduous passage across the country
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4
as in excerpt
a part taken from a longer work
the news report quoted a passage from the novel
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as in process
forward movement in time or place
a swift passage from mere liking to actual love
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as in death
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
weary of this world, he looked forward to the next and sought passage with poison
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Recent Examples of passage
The same actors returned year after year to build this beautiful look at the passage of time in a single family, starring Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, and then-unknown Ellar Coltrane as Mason, our human portrait of childhood, adolescence, and near-adulthood.
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Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
In Bull Connor’s case, film coverage of his fire-hose and police-dog attacks was broadcast on TV, triggering shock and fury in Washington and elsewhere, and ultimately leading to passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
—David McGrath, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2025
Alongside his announcing-booth mate Kevin Burkhardt—a truly talented play-by-play commentator—Brady would fall silent during crucial passages of a game.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
The predictably infuriating nature of those earlier scenes have all been building to these later passages, which now force this family into a heartbreaking and unexpected quandary.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
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Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
In Bull Connor’s case, film coverage of his fire-hose and police-dog attacks was broadcast on TV, triggering shock and fury in Washington and elsewhere, and ultimately leading to passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
—David McGrath, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2025
Alongside his announcing-booth mate Kevin Burkhardt—a truly talented play-by-play commentator—Brady would fall silent during crucial passages of a game.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
The predictably infuriating nature of those earlier scenes have all been building to these later passages, which now force this family into a heartbreaking and unexpected quandary.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passage
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Since the accident above the Potomac River, the Federal Aviation Administration has indefinitely suspended the use of most of those routes.—
Andy Rose,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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Also, parents can help teens find the best route to take before getting behind the wheel.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
4 Feb. 2025
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Florida has three games left before the league hiatus, a two-game trip the Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals (34-11-7) on Tuesday (7 p.m., Scripps) and St. Louis Blues (24-25-4) on Thursday (8 p.m., Scripps) before hosting Ottawa on Saturday (7 p.m., Scripps).—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2025
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was in Panama on Sunday as part of his first official trip to the region, demanded that Panama do something about China's influence over the canal.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2025
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After a seven-year voyage, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped a capsule of about 120 grams of precious asteroid fragments into the Utah desert in September 2023.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Jan. 2025
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On Viking’s Viking Mars vessel, 62 of 887 passengers reported being sick during a voyage that ended Friday with the same predominant symptoms, though the CDC listed the causative agent as unknown.—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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Read an excerpt of the pair’s conversation below and watch the full video, an IndieWire exclusive, above.—
Brad Pitt,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2025
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Friends and Liars arrives on Dec. 2, 2025 via Atria, and PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the book's cover, alongside an early excerpt of the forthcoming thriller.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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The director noted that residents didn’t have to wait for debris to be completely cleared to start the building permit application process with their respective city or county.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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The memo, obtained by the Miami Herald, offered guidance about the suspension and the review process launched by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
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JonBenét performed in a Boulder Christmas parade with a float displaying her name just days before her death.—
Jean Casarez,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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The teens, Damm said, then stomped the animal to death.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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After the regulatory path failed, lawmakers briefly considered legislation last year that would allow Connecticut to follow the California approach, but with an opt-out down the road should the transition to electric prove too difficult.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2025
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Today, Craig is swerving off the traditional path again: U Beauty is launching a fragrance.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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As part of a scientific expedition to obtain the exact location of the wreck, the navy officially confirmed the brothers’ 14-year-old discovery on January 16 using sonar imaging.—
Max Saltman,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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In 2023, researchers with National Geographic Pristine Seas and the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority completed an exploratory expedition to the atolls to learn more about the creatures living up to 7,677 feet beneath the ocean’s surface.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passage. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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