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Recent Examples of passageway
The home was likely used as a safe house for enslaved people fleeing the South, and the passageway’s design reflects careful planning to keep that purpose hidden from anyone who might come looking.
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Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
The 100-acre limestone cavern has more than 17 miles of underground passageways and is home to Mega Zip Lines tour, Mega Quest ropes course, Mega Walking tours and Mega Tram tours.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Feb. 2026
Any pipe might be a passageway, any seeming dead end a secret route through a level.
—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
The carpal tunnel, located in the wrist, is a narrow passageway that is surrounded by bones and ligaments.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
The 100-acre limestone cavern has more than 17 miles of underground passageways and is home to Mega Zip Lines tour, Mega Quest ropes course, Mega Walking tours and Mega Tram tours.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Feb. 2026
Any pipe might be a passageway, any seeming dead end a secret route through a level.
—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
The carpal tunnel, located in the wrist, is a narrow passageway that is surrounded by bones and ligaments.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passageway
Noun
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Upstairs, corridors wrap around a striking double-height bamboo atrium—real moso bamboo is planted at the building's core.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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The warning spans from the Interstate 25 corridor to most of the northeast plains.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some of them waiting in the hallway outside the ICE check-in office were told by federal officers that they were not allowed to loiter, said Patrick Corrigan, a volunteer with the Faithful Accompaniment in Trust and Hope, or FAITH, program, which faith organizations launched last summer.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the men knocked on the apartment door and the woman stepped outside in the hallway, closing the door behind her.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the part of the $300 million concourse closest to the main hub of the airport, grand staircases and elevators will go up to a second floor where there will be a Delta Club for that airline's fliers and a new Club JAX for other travelers who pay a fee for use of the lounge.—
David Bauerlein,
Florida Times-Union,
28 Feb. 2026
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The new concourse will also include new dining and shopping options for customers.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageway. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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