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as in route
an established course for traveling from one place to another
the long passage down the Atlantic seaboard, around Cape Horn, and up the Pacific Coast to California
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2
as in trip
a going from one place to another usually of some distance
an arduous passage across the country
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4
as in excerpt
a part taken from a longer work
the news report quoted a passage from the novel
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as in process
forward movement in time or place
a swift passage from mere liking to actual love
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as in death
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
weary of this world, he looked forward to the next and sought passage with poison
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Hundreds of companies signed statements opposing further attempts at voting restrictions and endorsing passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
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Jeff Raikes, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
At its center are atomic clocks, which measure the passage of time by tracking the quantum transitions of electrons.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
Impact of Native American Voters A century after Native Americans were granted the right to vote with the passage of the Snyder Act in 1924, the community has become increasingly recognized as a crucial voting bloc in U.S. elections, particularly in swing states like Arizona, Nevada and Michigan.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Production designers Eugenio Caballero (an Oscar winner for Pan’s Labyrinth) and Bárbara Enríquez (Oscar nominated for Roma) oversaw the building of four versions of Macondo to reflect the passage of time, per the story.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
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Jeff Raikes, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
At its center are atomic clocks, which measure the passage of time by tracking the quantum transitions of electrons.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
Impact of Native American Voters A century after Native Americans were granted the right to vote with the passage of the Snyder Act in 1924, the community has become increasingly recognized as a crucial voting bloc in U.S. elections, particularly in swing states like Arizona, Nevada and Michigan.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Production designers Eugenio Caballero (an Oscar winner for Pan’s Labyrinth) and Bárbara Enríquez (Oscar nominated for Roma) oversaw the building of four versions of Macondo to reflect the passage of time, per the story.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
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Five historic tram routes currently connect Lisbon, with a sixth line equipped with longer and more modern carriages running along the river.Amanda Gerut, Fortune Europe, 26 Oct. 2024
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While brand deals are often seen as the quickest route to monetization, Clark’s path shows the power of developing your own product that directly serves your audience.Amanda Marcovitch, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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This trip has given me a refill of sanity and a new aspect on life.John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
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Watching the Razorbacks practice during his trip stood out.Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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The voyage will take four astronauts on a 10-day flight around the moon, demonstrating a range of capabilities NASA says are needed for deep-space missions.Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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This led to the design of more varied itineraries, allowing guests to combine voyages without repeating destinations.Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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This story was an excerpt from Axios Closer, a recap on the day's biggest business stories.Hope King, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
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The following article is an excerpt from the new edition of In Review by David Ehrlich, a biweekly newsletter in which our Chief Film Critic and Head Reviews Editor rounds up the site’s latest reviews and muses about current events in the movie worlds.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
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The key to bridging this divide lies in embedding accessibility principles into the design process from the outset, ensuring that efforts translate into tangible benefits beyond mere compliance.Forrester, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Although the manufacturing sector has been traditionally slow to adopt new tech, Hadrian, an industrial automation startup, is all about speeding up the process.Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Dewitt, now 31, entered a guilty plea to carjacking resulting in death Monday in U.S. District Court Judge David J. Hale’s court.Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
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The outlet also states that Durk has now been officially charged with conspiracy to use interstate facilities to commit murder for hire, resulting in death.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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For the more novel products approaching commercialization the path to approval varies greatly from region to region and even from country to country in the EU.Steven Savage, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Your path winds out of time was meant to be of consequence, and there were so many iterations of what Lilia’s trial would be, and what the spread would be, and what the verbiage of all of it would be.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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The fourth group is known as the Dunbar expedition.Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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Frank Hurley How was Frank Hurley’s original film from the Endurance expedition incorporated into the project?Allegra Rosenberg, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passage. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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