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Examples of passageway in a Sentence
the passageway to the other side of the office
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The passageway—known as the Vasari Corridor—connects Florence’s lush Boboli Gardens to the world-famous Uffizi Galleries, an art museum boasting works such as Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus and Caravaggio’s Medusa.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
Over time, new buildings kept attaching to others like barnacles, so façades had second careers as interior walls, windows turned into hallways, and passageways became bathrooms.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
America's only underground holiday light show is a 1.3-mile drive through the Louisville Mega Cavern's underground passageways.
—Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 17 Dec. 2024
Syria’s territory was used as a logistical passageway for the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, which has been at war with Israel since October 2023.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1606, in the meaning defined above
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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passageway. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
passageway
noun
pas·sage·way
-ˌwā
: a road or way by which a person or thing may pass
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