as in corridor
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building airline passengers had to pass through the security checkpoints before being allowed in the concourse

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Recent Examples of concourse Bottled water costs $7, but there are water coolers located in the center of the concourse with small cups for free. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025 Abe, a writer for Japan’s Chunichi Sports newspaper, was followed into the concourse of Dodger Stadium’s suite level by four other reporters from his country. Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025 The marching band played on the concourse, the radio talk show went live from the warning track in front of the home dugout and the drone for the television broadcast took flight. Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 31 May 2025 Arthur Ashe Stadium will receive modernized concourses to add new retail, food and beverage spaces. Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for concourse
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Noun
  • In the age of the great Stalinist purges, this is the plunge of a man into the corridors of a totalitarian regime that does not bear said name.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 24 June 2025
  • Temperatures are set to soar near or into the triple digits along the Amtrak Acela corridor from Washington to New York City, with heat indices climbing as high as 110 degrees or even higher in some locations.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • In the central portion of the chateau, beneath the stately portraits hung on the walls, mostly empty hospital cots filled the hallways.
    Amy Sohn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • That's the small mercy serious songs offer: not false hope, but a candle in the hallway, proof that someone else stayed up too.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Additionally, blocking highways, sidewalks or any passageways that are accessible to the public — especially emergency routes—is prohibited, and doing so can lead to felony charges.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
  • These houses had three types: homes with steps along the wall or that form a passageway, homes built into two levels with higher places with scorched soil for cooking areas and lower spaces for living, and flat-bottomed homes used as living spaces.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025

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“Concourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concourse. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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