passageways

plural of passageway
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 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 Episode 2, set at Jamie’s school just a few days after the incident, thrives in the chaos of innumerable moving pieces as kids push through crowded passageways, cram inside cacophonous classrooms, and even parade out to the playground during an unexpected fire drill. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2025 Melting ice is opening maritime passageways in the Arctic, and shipping in the region, already on the rise, will only ramp up further as the world warms. Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025 Now, nestled among its arched passageways, are a number of tony beauty haunts, too. Jennifer Weil, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
  • The plan will allow for limited truck access in some areas for local deliveries, including the West Vernor and Springwells commercial corridors.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • It is designed as a suspension bridge that will cross a branch of the Pearl River estuary, linking major transportation corridors in southern China.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Groups of lawmakers have been huddling on the Senate floor and in hallways around the chamber working to craft a compromise to reopen government and extend the expiring health care tax credits and subsidies.
    Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Gurneys were setup in hallways.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Halloween-style may not to be worn upon entry and in concourses but will be permitted when guests are in seats.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Future renovations Delta Air Lines partnered with the airports commission on a $242 million project to renovate six concourses in Terminal 1.
    Lulu Jaeckel, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Passageways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passageways. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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