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as in region
a broad geographical area the urban corridor along the state's eastern coast is considerably more liberal than the rural areas to the west

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as in hallway
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the long, sterile corridors give the government building a forbidding air

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Recent Examples of corridor The path is intended to improve safety and mobility across approximately 10 miles of corridor from Alpine Road at Santa Cruz Avenue in San Mateo County to Cristo Rey and Starling drives in Cupertino. Visit the county’s project webpage at https://bit.ly/4dwYCQ0 to learn more and get involved. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 25 May 2025 But the political spotlight is instead shining on court battles in the corridors of power in Washington and the country’s most elite universities, far from this daily grind. Christine Lightfoot, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2025 One of those big intersections is the corridor at 79th Street and Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025 Their presence, alongside flowering corridors and foliage, helps shape what visitors and residents alike expect to see in Florida. Tal Coley, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for corridor
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  • Moreover, although this plan could indeed have a very minimal effect on the sun’s fusion process, the risks of creating a concentrated debris field in certain regions of space or inadvertently triggering an unwanted chain reaction would remain.
    Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
  • Each operates outside the global market, unable to keep pace with Madagascar and other fruitful vanilla-producing regions.
    Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2025
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  • The immigration officers waited for hours in the hallways of the immigration court as the hearings took place, chit-chatting and cracking jokes among themselves.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
  • The mountain of allegations exploded into public view months after Ventura’s suit when surveillance footage was leaked to CNN showing her being savagely beaten by Combs in a hallway at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles in March 2016.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
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  • One of the men approached the victim from behind and placed his arms around his neck, choking him.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
  • The alleged attack involved Combs grabbing Morgan by the neck and throwing a wooden hanger that hit her head, Morgan said.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 21 May 2025
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  • Secret passageways to history Correspondent Nancy Giles goes in search of hidden rooms, and finds some of them in the most unexpected places.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 May 2025
  • But not too long ago, the balance of this passageway was under threat.
    Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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  • Huntersville’s land use map for future development designates the site as an employment center, not for housing, James said.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
  • This issue has seen other Northern European countries embrace both floating homes and land reclamation, like Copenhagen's Holmene.
    Adam Williams May 28, New Atlas, 28 May 2025
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  • The concourses of the stadium were filled with men and boys praying.
    James Montague, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • By Anthony De Leon On the Dignity Health Sports Park concourse, a group of men sat with drinks in hand, laughing and soaking in the final day of the Rugby Sevens World Championship.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025

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“Corridor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corridor. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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