boarding pass
noun
US
: a special piece of paper that one must have in order to be allowed to get onto an airplane
Please present your boarding pass to the flight attendant.
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Security video released after her arrest, showed Dali bypassing an airport employee in charge of a crew member security checkpoint and walking with airline staff past the station where her ID and boarding pass would have been checked.
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
During his arrest at the motel, officials recovered condoms, a knife, lubricant, razor blades, bloody tissues, and a boarding pass for Pysher’s flight to Los Angeles.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
The officers found condoms, a knife, lubricant, razor blades, bloody tissues, a Faraday bag commonly used to block electronic signals and a boarding pass for Pysher's flight in his motel room.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
The woman, identified in court records obtained by USA TODAY as Germiran Bryson, allegedly left the dog behind after she was denied a boarding pass when documentation to travel with the pup as a service animal was not completed, police said in its initial Facebook post regarding the incident.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
During his arrest at the motel, officials recovered condoms, a knife, lubricant, razor blades, bloody tissues, and a boarding pass for Pysher’s flight to Los Angeles.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
The officers found condoms, a knife, lubricant, razor blades, bloody tissues, a Faraday bag commonly used to block electronic signals and a boarding pass for Pysher's flight in his motel room.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
The woman, identified in court records obtained by USA TODAY as Germiran Bryson, allegedly left the dog behind after she was denied a boarding pass when documentation to travel with the pup as a service animal was not completed, police said in its initial Facebook post regarding the incident.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
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“Boarding pass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20pass. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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