passageway

as in corridor
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the passageway to the other side of the office

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Recent Examples of passageway State environmental and transportation agencies are increasing their efforts to boost both motorist roadway safety and wildlife survival rates by using technology to build road structures for animal passageways. Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 Martin made use of the passageway between the kitchen and laundry room that Pupetta’s Uncle Vinny dug to easily move between wings to call on his girlfriend (and in Martin’s case, commit murder). Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 9 May 2025 Then a specialist used a probe equipped with a tiny camera to image the air passageways in Gray’s lungs, finally discovering the plastic impediment. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025 The representative said it was used for food storage related to the Tacos Los Tres Hermanos food truck, as well as being a passageway for employee bathroom access. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for passageway
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Noun
  • Phoenix has opened a major expansion of its Valley Metro Rail system after an inauguration on Saturday The South Central Extension and Downtown Hub adds nearly five miles of new track and eight new stations, linking downtown Phoenix with the city's south-central corridor.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • Here are a half dozen books worth the trip back into the classrooms and corridors of high school.
    Miriam Gershow June 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Hotel security-camera footage from 2016 published by CNN last year—and used as evidence in the trial—showed Combs chasing Ventura down a hallway, throwing her to the ground, kicking her, and pulling her by her sweatshirt.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
  • That door, as the videos show, was just a few feet from the main entrance to the judge's courtroom and led to the same public hallway.
    James Hill, ABC News, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • There’s a kids’ playground in the right field concourse, but other than that, not much pre-game entertainment.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
  • Friday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium was different — from the energy on the concourse to the noise from the dugouts and ultimately, the power from the Bruins’ bats.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025

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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageway. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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