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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High-volume freight corridors are likely to become the first large-scale deployments.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Boise joined those cities in late October with the speed limit, which prevents riders in the busy 8th Street, Main Street and Idaho Street entertainment corridors from cruising at 15 mph.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Classrooms, playgrounds — even hallways — were obstacles.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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During the summer months, immigration judges had already had to contend with an outsized enforcement presence in normally empty courtroom hallways.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Passageways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageways. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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