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 The colorful bar framed in bright neon lights is on the main concourse, so people walking by can grab a drink and head to the casino or other favorite activity, Allen said. Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025 All concourses and aircraft gates are accessible from any security checkpoint. Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2025 Bulldozers lug loads of dirt across where the concourse will soon stand. Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025 The concourses of the stadium were filled with men and boys praying. James Montague, New York Times, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for concourse
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Noun
  • Having spent the early part of the QSI regime in conflict with UEFA over breaches of its financial fair play regulations, Al-Khelaifi now had one of the most powerful voices in European football’s corridors of power.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • What Penn has long required is single vision to end its Balkanized corridors, patrolled by three separate police departments and cleaned by three separate maintenance crews (each knows where to stop based on the pattern of the floor tiles).
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
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  • Hotel security-camera footage from 2016 published by CNN last year—and used as evidence in the trial—showed Combs chasing Ventura down a hallway, throwing her to the ground, kicking her, and pulling her by her sweatshirt.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
  • Sam went through the Goldilocks assessment, trying on each shoe and running up and down the hallway.
    Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 2 June 2025
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  • State environmental and transportation agencies are increasing their efforts to boost both motorist roadway safety and wildlife survival rates by using technology to build road structures for animal passageways.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Martin made use of the passageway between the kitchen and laundry room that Pupetta’s Uncle Vinny dug to easily move between wings to call on his girlfriend (and in Martin’s case, commit murder).
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 9 May 2025

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“Concourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concourse. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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