passageway

as in corridor
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the passageway to the other side of the office

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Recent Examples of passageway The firm made the home’s chimneys, pane windows, and gabled slate roofs part of the design’s focus — in concert with other homes in the area — but added a twist to the classic style: The residence is three separate spaces connected by glass passageways. Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2025 Working inside the iconic 52-story-tall Vehicle Assembly Building, ground teams used heavy-duty cranes to first lift the butterscotch orange core stage from its cradle in the VAB's cavernous transfer aisle, the central passageway between the building's four rocket assembly bays. Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025 Another factor that alerted Cupp to Lilly was when assistant usher Jasmine Haney shared that the order to seal the Oval Room secret passageway had come from Elliott, the First Gentleman. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for passageway
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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
  • People in attendance fled to the concourse during halftime and cooling breaks.
    Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2025
  • Troops camped at the club, including within the concourses.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageway. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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