Thesaurus results for CORRIDOR

corridor

noun

ˈkȯr-ə-dər

Definition of corridor

as in region

a broad geographical area the urban corridor along the state's eastern coast is considerably more liberal than the rural areas to the west

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as in hallway

a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the long, sterile corridors give the government building a forbidding air

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Recent Examples of corridor New high-speed rail corridors are running parallel to the existing coastal lines. — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 The district includes downtown Roseville, the Main Street commercial corridor and some of the city’s oldest neighborhoods, including Hillcrest, Sierra Gardens, Cresthaven and Roseville Heights. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 With nothing left in their way, state authorities and developers laid the groundwork that made the East Hampton–Montauk corridor one of the wealthiest in America. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 Then getting that energy to major cities means traversing some of the most pristine, spectacular natural corridors this nation has left, and particularly in the Southwest, rubbing up against the sacred lands of local tribal communities. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for corridor

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Noun

Russia launched more than 20 attacks on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region overnight into Sunday, using drones and an aerial bomb, according to local authorities.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
The two candidates met Friday night for the final debate in Rio de Janeiro, which featured a series of questions organized around Brazil's five geographic regions.

— David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of region

Noun

New York — Down a dim, crooked hallway inside the Jay Street Lofts, a hulking brick relic of Brooklyn’s industrial past, Naomi Mishkin is conducting a radical fashion experiment.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Further down the hallway, on the opposite side of the house from the living room, is the master bedroom.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of hallway

Noun

Election Day nears The stakes are high as the race Marshall was supposed to win handily is now neck-and-neck, according to recent polling.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Since the beginning of the episode, Lee’s been tailed by McMann’s skinny accomplice — the guy Ginger shot in the neck at the end of the season premiere.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of neck

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The Broad will not close down during construction, Heyler said, but the third floor will shut down entirely at a certain point late next year as construction crews work to create the passageway from the original building to the expansion.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, a container ship sank in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday as Iran ramps up attacks on commercial vessels in an effort to block crude exports in the passageway.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of passageway

Noun

Especially if the ship is required to counter a mixture of threats from air, sea, and land.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
And the last independent country in that land before modern Israel, the one Rome conquered, was--wait for it--a Jewish nation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of land

Noun

Kruse had her right arm restrained behind her back by a security guard, who walked her up the stairs to the concourse and out of the stadium.

— Matt Calkins , Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Hartsfield-Jackson started building each piece of the concourse expansion at a nearby construction site back in 2023.

— Kelly Yamanouchi, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026