Examples of concourse in a Sentence

the concourse of the bus terminal airline passengers had to pass through the security checkpoints before being allowed in the concourse

Recent Examples on the Web The authority completed a $1 billion package of upgrades at Reagan National Airport last year, including a 14-gate concourse to replace the infamous Gate 35X, which required travelers to be bused to their aircraft. — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 Manaea trudged through the stadium’s main concourse under the grandstands, past the hot-dog stands and souvenir shop selling his jerseys, as the first-arriving fans stared at him curiously. — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2022 Tasting tables will be set up on the concourse as fans will have a chance to sample and vote on Akron’s best JoJos. — Marc Bona, cleveland, 10 Feb. 2022 Jack Daniel's also has a bar on the upper concourse. — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2021 Walking through the gates and through the darkened concourse. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2022 The completion of Terminal C comes more than two years after Delta remodeled the first Terminal C concourse in October 2019. — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2022 At Movement’s official merchandise tent, which offers apparel and other branded items, business was bustling, with lines often stretching far down the plaza concourse. — Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2022 Another fan evaded stewards and was seen sprinting through the concourse and into the bottom level of the stadium. — Steve Douglas, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022 See More

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History and Etymology for concourse

Middle English concours, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin concursus "gathering of a crowd, coming together," noun of action from concurrere "to assemble in haste, resort to in large numbers" — more at concur

Note: For formation of Latin cursus see etymology and note at course entry 1.

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