corridors

noun

plural of corridor
1
as in parts
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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2
as in hallways
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 corridors If competition over the corridors grows faster than Syria’s capacity to manage it, the country could fall victim to greater foreign control and extraction. — Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026 Much of the country’s potential is run-of-river hydropower, Narasimhan said, meaning facilities are closely tied to steep river corridors where land is limited and hazards can cascade quickly. — Victoria Milko, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 That has changed quietly, with robots now performing important roles in operating rooms, hospital wards, rehabilitation centers, and corridors around the world. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026 Her team is currently trying to map out the migration corridors of this endangered species. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Fort Worth’s Hemphill Street — one of the city’s main traffic corridors on the south side — has a long history. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026 The flooding devastated communities along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river corridors, destroying homes, buildings and critical infrastructure and killing hundreds. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 There remained a continued risk of drifting or uncharted mines in and near the Iranian and Omani designated shipping corridors, with mine danger areas still active, the UKMTO said. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 Third, allow taller buildings by right where Chicago already permits apartments, especially near transit and commercial corridors. — Adam Drakulic, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corridors
  1. parts
  2. hallways
  3. regions
  4. passageways
  5. necks
  6. lands
Noun
  • The swamp hen, known by its scientific name, Porphyrio martinica, mostly is found along the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean as well as parts of South America.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • That leaves more room for the parts of festival life that resist scheduling.
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of parts
Noun
  • Since staterooms are clustered closely together, keeping voices down in hallways—especially late at night—shows consideration for neighbors who may already be asleep.
    — Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Overlapping conversations in Russian, Spanish, Romanian, Mandarin and Pashto — plus several others — bleed into the hallways in a cacophony reminiscent of an airport or embassy.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of hallways
Noun
  • Essentially a form of computational fluid dynamics, the simulation divides the flow passages into a very large number of tiny regions and calculates things such as velocity, pressure, turbulence, and temperature throughout the component.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Many of the country’s most spectacular regions have little to no infrastructure, meaning accommodations, supplies, and transportation must all be carefully coordinated.
    — Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of regions
Noun
  • The wars in the Gulf and Ukraine have essentially shut off some of the world’s key passageways for global commodities, while extended droughts have restricted travel through the key arteries such as the Panama Canal.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • While PennDOT already has created over 30 wildlife crossings, the establishment of the new cohesive group of state agency stakeholders is likely to accelerate building the safe animal passageways and reverse the high collision rate with motorists.
    — Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of passageways
Noun
  • Most of the attendees crammed along the fences, craning their necks and holding their phones aloft on their tiptoes.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Wrap a rubber band around dispenser pump bottle necks to make toiletries last longer.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of necks
Noun
  • The geometric detailing lands somewhere between bohemian and Americana, without leaning too hard in either direction.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Milliner’s point about shoppers using flavor to emotionally reset lands here.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of lands

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“Corridors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corridors. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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