Definition of passagenext
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as in voyage
a journey over water in a vessel the passage to Britain requires several days

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as in excerpt
a part taken from a longer work the news report quoted a passage from the novel

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Recent Examples of passage That same year saw the passage of the Federal Banking Agency Audit Act, which gave the Government Accountability Office, a federal watchdog, the authority to audit the Fed for the first time. Paul Wachtel, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 Strait of Hormuz The strait, before he war, offered passage to about one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil trade. Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026 None of that will change with the passage of State Question 846. Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 28 Aug. 2026 The next day, Mladic's forces were filmed handing out sweets to children, promising their safe passage. Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for passage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passage
Noun
  • Check the requirement, confirm the route, draft the plan, or ask one better question.
    Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Together, Jaybush, Brad Chambers, and the American Heavy Moving team figured out a route through the city that avoided street trees, tight turns, and roads that run above old, fragile sewer pipes, which aren’t rated for heavy loads.
    Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • The idea that these two would have a five-minute-or-less breakup conversation, then plop down on the couch and happily embark on an acid trip together, strains credulity a little, even for this bizarre, codependent friend group.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • There are also increasing concerns that the Russia-Ukraine war could escalate, amid reports that CIA chief John Ratcliffe have made a secretive Moscow trip to warn Russia against attacking NATO.
    Justina Lee, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • The move marked the first voyage of the Bangkok Maersk through the canal since it was built in 2025.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • All eyes were on Brooks’ maiden voyage on his first arena tour in a decade.
    Heather Bushman, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • The excerpt is taken, of course, from the first page of Wolf Hall, for which Hilary Mantel won the Booker Prize in 2009.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Lindsay Clancy described depression in diary, notes On the fifth day of the trial, excerpts from Lindsay Clancy's diary were read aloud.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • What the article does not show is that this process is what high-performing firms use, or that firms which use it then outperform.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • To comply, states would have to retool their processes for printing and mailing ballots, a potentially expensive process that might be difficult to achieve quickly.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
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  • Styles’ tribute to Parton is one of the innumerable remembrances across the globe following her death after a brief battle with cancer at 80.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The story follows Ana, a young Black French woman who, following the death of her grandmother, travels to her matriarch’s birth city of Belo Horizonte.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • Her path is profoundly reshaped by an encounter with Mari (Okamoto), a Japanese theater director battling cancer.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Security camera footage shows the shocking moment flood water crashes through the Nepal-China border area, with people seen running away as the water appears to wipe out everything in its path.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • British Arctic expeditions used the north coast of Svalbard as a base for research, a tradition of scientific observation that continues across Svalbard today.
    Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • That personal expedition snowballed into an association, The Sun Trip, dedicated to promoting renewable energy, sustainable transport, and grassroots engineering through long-distance cycling expeditions.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

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

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