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passages

noun as in excerpt from document

noun as in authorization; enactment

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It also contains some clunky passages of adultery, temptations of the flesh, and general sexual awkwardness.

An additonal 30,000 made it to Europe by other routes including commercial flights and dangerous overland passages.

Experts pointed us to identical passages in each of the four Geneva treaties, known as "Common Article 3."

Martin was up on some of the more difficult passages, but managed to guess the wrong character from the clue of “Hodor!”

To top it off, I got to sit in with the band, reading passages from On the Road as they played “The Other One.”

It is to be remembered, however, that a few of these bacteria may reach the sputum from the upper air-passages.

To be sure, he had some trouble in finding the old gentleman, there were so many different passages in which to look for him.

After I have mastered the passages I am to learn a whole study, first with each hand alone, and then with both together!

A very slight movement of the armature disc J, therefore, suffices to open to the full extent two long exhaust passages.

In it are to be seen five or six openings or passages, that differ but little from those of Antamog.

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On this page you'll find 102 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to passages, such as: access, alley, avenue, channel, corridor, and course.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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