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the passageway to the other side of the office
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Amid the war, Iran has effectively halted nearly all tanker movement in the key Strait of Hormuz, cutting off a vital passageway where roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil once sailed through on a typical day.
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Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Deeper down is the secret underground passageway where Emperor Commodus used to enter the Colosseum while avoiding the hoi-polloi, and which was opened to the public last year.
—ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
The strait is a key passageway in the transport of fertilizer supplies.
—Fred Imbert,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
The narrow passageway is hidden in a chest of drawers between bedrooms on the second floor, then drops 15 feet to the ground floor.
—Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Deeper down is the secret underground passageway where Emperor Commodus used to enter the Colosseum while avoiding the hoi-polloi, and which was opened to the public last year.
—ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
The strait is a key passageway in the transport of fertilizer supplies.
—Fred Imbert,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
The narrow passageway is hidden in a chest of drawers between bedrooms on the second floor, then drops 15 feet to the ground floor.
—Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for passageway
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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passageway. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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passageway
noun
pas·sage·way
-ˌwā 
: a road or way by which a person or thing may pass
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