as in corridors
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 passageways
Price is deliciously diabolical in the film, which is full of literal and metaphorical trap doors and secret passageways.
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Artifacts found inside the cave suggest people have been exploring Mammoth for thousands of years, and yet scientists are still discovering new passageways and underground rooms.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Hidden rooms and secret passageways might sound like something out of a mystery novel.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
For the especially die-hard, the castle can arrange exclusive private tours guided by Count Dracula to transport visitors through hidden rooms and dim passageways.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Croup swells the upper area of the passageways— lungs are a separate issue.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
Some New Yorkers have complained that locking the passageways between train cars might prevent them from escaping to another part of the train during an emergency.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Their three robotic rovers, outfitted with an array of cutting-edge imagery gear including time-of-flight cameras, helped the team generate an atlas of 3D maps of the site - from its skylight to its inner passageways.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Those tendrils of greenery would act as invitations worth accepting, passageways to Queens’s own central park, a haven of natural beauty, noisy play, quiet retreat, and social gathering.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Artifacts found inside the cave suggest people have been exploring Mammoth for thousands of years, and yet scientists are still discovering new passageways and underground rooms.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Hidden rooms and secret passageways might sound like something out of a mystery novel.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
For the especially die-hard, the castle can arrange exclusive private tours guided by Count Dracula to transport visitors through hidden rooms and dim passageways.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Croup swells the upper area of the passageways— lungs are a separate issue.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
Some New Yorkers have complained that locking the passageways between train cars might prevent them from escaping to another part of the train during an emergency.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Their three robotic rovers, outfitted with an array of cutting-edge imagery gear including time-of-flight cameras, helped the team generate an atlas of 3D maps of the site - from its skylight to its inner passageways.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Those tendrils of greenery would act as invitations worth accepting, passageways to Queens’s own central park, a haven of natural beauty, noisy play, quiet retreat, and social gathering.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passageways
Noun
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Point Man is almost always inside a building, navigating tight corridors and unlit offices, industrial buildings.—
Will Borger,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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In Iowa, the fog was impacting busy travel corridors throughout the central part of the state, including I-35 and parts of I-80, as well as Highways 20, 30, 34, and 169.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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During a soft lockdown, the school’s teachers are asked to check the hallways for staff and students before locking doors and windows.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Things like the iconic elevator, the grand entrance, some of the hallways, and the Great Lounge really resemble those of the movie.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Passageways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageways. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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