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Recent Examples of passageways
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.
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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
The front hall soars dramatically to the top of the second floor while arched passageways lead to the formal living and dining rooms and to the large family room.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
Through long tracking shots, Epure frequently captures Maria roaming passageways, with purpose but never entirely at home in her surroundings.
—Olivia Bennett, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
Local residents dug them by hand out of the terrain’s red basaltic soil, resulting in an approximately 6,000-foot-long network of rooms and passageways that existed on three subterranean levels, ranging from 33 to 75 feet below ground.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
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
The front hall soars dramatically to the top of the second floor while arched passageways lead to the formal living and dining rooms and to the large family room.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
Through long tracking shots, Epure frequently captures Maria roaming passageways, with purpose but never entirely at home in her surroundings.
—Olivia Bennett, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
Local residents dug them by hand out of the terrain’s red basaltic soil, resulting in an approximately 6,000-foot-long network of rooms and passageways that existed on three subterranean levels, ranging from 33 to 75 feet below ground.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passageways
Noun
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Sheffield pointed out that the city invested in various commercial corridors along Kercheval Avenue, Dexter, East Warren and Livernois, along with approving affordable housing units and investing in city parks.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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These early-season conditions threaten to make travel hazardous, especially in the mountainous corridors popular with commuters and tourists.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These hallways are so dark that my eyes had to adjust to make out the rust-red carpet and the subtle room numbers on the floors.—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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Lots of cleaning carts filled the hallways.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Halloween-style costumes may not to be worn upon entry and in concourses, but will be permitted when guest is in seat.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The grounds crews can work on the grass sections in tight quarters underneath the concourses and get grow lamps on them even when they’re retracted.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Passageways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageways. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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