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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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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 story was updated to reflect the bill’s passage after an attempt to remove the bill from committee consideration.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Deadline revealed Monday that more than 100,000 letters were sent to Sacramento urging the passage of these bills.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
Since the 1970 passage of the Clean Air Act, the national air quality standards have not been weakened.
—Stan Meiburg, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2025
Photo: Interiors by Kat The side passage leads straight back so anyone coming from the beach can rinse off before going inside.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2025
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Deadline revealed Monday that more than 100,000 letters were sent to Sacramento urging the passage of these bills.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
Since the 1970 passage of the Clean Air Act, the national air quality standards have not been weakened.
—Stan Meiburg, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2025
Photo: Interiors by Kat The side passage leads straight back so anyone coming from the beach can rinse off before going inside.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passage
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American military veteran hijacks plane in Belize, officials say The airplane, which had only 14 passengers on board, had been due to fly the short route from Corozal near the Mexican border to San Pedro, a popular tourist destination off the coast.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Amanda McPherson, 38, and Johnathon McPherson, 27, were caught when detectives discovered seemingly unrelated cases of fraud shared the same postal routes, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 17 news release.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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Vionic Copal Kirra Strappy Sandals $120 $70 at Amazon Dressy enough to wear with maxi-length beach dresses yet casual enough to pair with linen shorts, these strappy sandals are suited for any event on your trip’s itinerary.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Apr. 2025
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Anyway, United fans have a trip to Bilbao to look forward to this week and Liverpool have… been knocked out of Europe by Paris Saint-Germain.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Both Kundera and Cavafy convey something profound: that life is nothing more than the voyage, a thought that can serve as a sort of antidote to the burdens of living.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
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Check out the Boston voyage happening this October.—
Amber Love Bond,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The new trailer shows Smothers reading an excerpt from her book to a live audience when Nelson marches in.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
14 Apr. 2025
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Check out the cover below and read on for more from Lord, as well as an exclusive excerpt.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The process continues until a candidate receives two-thirds of the vote, per USCCB.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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The process by which a new pope is elected has undergone numerous changes in the nearly two millennia that the Catholic Church has existed, with the current procedure a combination of ancient traditions and modern updates as recent as 2013, reflecting changes instituted by Pope Benedict XVI.—
Phoebe Natanson,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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For Pope Francis, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, the church camerlengo, or cardinal chamberlain (the official that manages the household of the pope), presided over the certification of death and the placement of the body in a coffin.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Itasca baseball shop sells card worth $1,200 to a 12-year-old for $12 Pope Francis’ cause of death revealed by the Vatican Advocate Health Care quietly pulled doctors out of Aurora’s Mercy Medical Center What is the Chicago Bears’ biggest need?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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They are already scheduled to appear before the board on June 13 as part of a comprehensive risk assessment report ordered by Newsom, who is considering the brothers’ clemency request – a separate potential path out of prison.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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While inflation cooled in March, reaching a six-month low, the path has been uneven, and Powell has faced criticism from both the left and the right over whether the Fed acted too slowly—or too aggressively.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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The Okeanos Explorer expedition is shedding new light on an important piece of world history.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Yorktown's final resting place wasn't discovered until a 1998 expedition found it about 1,000 miles northwest of Honolulu.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passage. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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