1
as in routes
an established course for traveling from one place to another
the long passage down the Atlantic seaboard, around Cape Horn, and up the Pacific Coast to California
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2
as in trips
a going from one place to another usually of some distance
an arduous passage across the country
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4
as in excerpts
a part taken from a longer work
the news report quoted a passage from the novel
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as in processes
forward movement in time or place
a swift passage from mere liking to actual love
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as in deaths
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
weary of this world, he looked forward to the next and sought passage with poison
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Recent Examples of passages
Levi feared that the translator would mutilate the text by cutting any passages that struck him as unbearable or too shameful for future readers.
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Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Like any quotation lifted out of a work of literature or legal code, these passages require explanation.
—Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Infections typically occur when contaminated water enters the nose and travels up the nasal passages into the brain, often when people are diving, swimming, or simply relaxing in rivers, lakes, and hot springs.
—Drew Pittock, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Strout indicates that their potential will be fulfilled in short, jump-ahead passages — one of the passages reveals that Artie inspires an awkward girl named Rhonda to help other people by becoming a minister.
—Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
The accepted wisdom in yacht design has been that the fastest ocean passages can only be achieved by multihull craft, such as the current crop of Ultim trimarans, which have three hulls in parallel and have set the big records of the past decade.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Analysis by Lloyd’s List Intelligence, a maritime intelligence agency, showed Wednesday that transit volumes had dropped from 44 to 36 passages over the past week.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 6 May 2026
The exhibition is accompanied by a series of short texts written by Rodez in response to each piece, reflections that range from brief lines to more narrative passages.
—Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
And the more climate change results in ice sheets melting, the more open Greeland’s maritime passages will grow.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Like any quotation lifted out of a work of literature or legal code, these passages require explanation.
—Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Infections typically occur when contaminated water enters the nose and travels up the nasal passages into the brain, often when people are diving, swimming, or simply relaxing in rivers, lakes, and hot springs.
—Drew Pittock, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Strout indicates that their potential will be fulfilled in short, jump-ahead passages — one of the passages reveals that Artie inspires an awkward girl named Rhonda to help other people by becoming a minister.
—Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
The accepted wisdom in yacht design has been that the fastest ocean passages can only be achieved by multihull craft, such as the current crop of Ultim trimarans, which have three hulls in parallel and have set the big records of the past decade.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Analysis by Lloyd’s List Intelligence, a maritime intelligence agency, showed Wednesday that transit volumes had dropped from 44 to 36 passages over the past week.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 6 May 2026
The exhibition is accompanied by a series of short texts written by Rodez in response to each piece, reflections that range from brief lines to more narrative passages.
—Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
And the more climate change results in ice sheets melting, the more open Greeland’s maritime passages will grow.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passages
Noun
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Some routes might feel more predictable.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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Police have asked those traveling around the area to plan for delays and try alternative routes if possible.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Indeed, hearing about your trips could bring them a lot of joy.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2026
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Fresh off the unbelievably successful Artemis II lunar flyby mission, NASA is gearing up for an ambitious slate of moon trips to establish a colony by 2036.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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Brands such as Celebrity, Crystal, and Viking have turned these voyages of necessity into some rather extraordinary trips that would be difficult to replicate any other way.—
Scott Laird,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2026
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As Grann starts to painstakingly reconstruct Fawcett’s voyages on the page, the longtime New Yorker staff writer also gets caught up in Fawcett’s mania.—
Eva Holland,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These are edited excerpts from the conversation.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Here are excerpts from that exchange.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Regardless of whether one studies cosmology, particle physics, medicine or chemical processes, one is always dealing with variable systems and thus with differential equations.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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These additions build on the company’s earlier efforts to simplify processes, extending that philosophy into software.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Noun
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The Lynx organization has leaned heavily into the political narrative surrounding these deaths.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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In 1991, Broderick was convicted of second-degree murder for the deaths of her ex-husband, Daniel Broderick III, who was 44, and his new, 28-year-old wife, Linda Kolkena Broderick.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Small differences in timing, composition, and heating may have pushed these neighboring moons down completely different evolutionary paths.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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The paths, sidewalks and streets are also very well maintained.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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The fleet will provide essential support for both robotic missions and future human expeditions to the Red Planet.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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Until publishing Lolita in 1955, Nabokov’s novels mainly paid for his butterfly-hunting expeditions, a lifelong passion.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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“Passages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passages. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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