passageway

Definition of passagewaynext
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 Specific areas the designer often focuses on for these purposes are creating easy access to bathrooms and wide passageways between rooms. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026 Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key passageway for a fifth of the world’s oil shipments, spiked oil prices past the key $100 per barrel level. Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026 The passageway from track 5 to 21 is officially called the West End Concourse, but some call it TikTok Hall. Brittney Melton, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026 Attacks on commercial ships in the Persian Gulf continued on Wednesday, as global energy concerns mounted and the Strait of Hormuz, a key passageway for oil shipping, remained effectively closed. Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for passageway
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Noun
  • Without rain in the forecast for the next seven days, the extreme drought that has gripped the Interstate 35 corridor, including the Austin metro area, parts of the Texas Hill Country and much of the region's watersheds is likely to not only persist but also intensify.
    Roberto Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 21 Mar. 2026
  • According to Transportation Alternatives, so far this year, five cyclists have been killed on New York City streets, and the West 125th Street corridor is one of the most dangerous, claiming more lives and injuring more New Yorkers than any other city street.
    Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Designed to lift spirits during even the darkest mid-winter days, dozens of chandeliers decorate the hallways and public areas – including a piece above the bar designed to mimic snow lanterns.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Roaming the hallways, where reporters sometimes found sources who would deviate from the company line, became verboten.
    Kathy Kiely, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The concourse hallways had enough space for an airport employee to push a stack of two dozen SmarteCarte luggage carts unimpeded.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The outage froze escalators and security screening conveyor belts and stalled the underground trains linking DIA’s main terminal to concourses.
    Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026

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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageway. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.

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