Definition of corridornext
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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 Hormuz is also a corridor for food, fertilizer, and the raw materials required to grow food elsewhere. Comfort Ero, Time, 3 Apr. 2026 Fontela hopes the city's investment will help boost business in the corridor. Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Northeast winds between 25 and 40 mph, with gusts up to 65 mph, are expected in the corridor. Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026 In South Florida, particularly along the Gold Coast corridor from West Palm Beach through Miami, investment expectations remain among the strongest in the state. Mike Simas, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for corridor
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Noun
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Responding to demand from Kenya’s coastal regions, Greenland Girls School is opening a second campus in Kilifi County.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
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  • Yet key dramatic moments—a shooting, the robbers’ realization that the bank vault is empty—occurred in a hallway invisible to the audience, described secondhand.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
  • More than two dozen protesters lined the inside and hallway outside of Little’s office for hours, holding transgender rights signs and singing songs that could be heard throughout the Statehouse.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
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  • Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • More than 5,000 Amazon shoppers jumped on the neck scarf trend in the last month.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
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  • The conflict has curtailed ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a key passageway for a fifth of the world’s oil.
    Rio Yamat, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The immersive, motion-simulation experience — which is located in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hogsmeade land at Universal’s Islands of Adventure park — first brings guests through the familiar castle gates and passageways of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
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  • Irrigation is crucial in an area that's primarily dry land agriculture.
    Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Another, says Lentsch, was when the Wyoming state senate almost passed SJ2, a bill seeking to transfer all federal land in Wyoming to the state for the purpose of selling it off.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2026
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  • It was installed in the left‑field concourse last month, six years after the city of Dallas removed it from Love Field following the 2020 protests and national reckoning over racial injustice.
    Marissa Armas, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the stadium’s concourse, concession areas and restrooms will be drastically expanded.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Corridor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corridor. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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