passage

Example Sentences

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It was not intended as a passage for travel, but as a way to maintain consistency between gravity and quantum physics.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ships are guaranteed safe passage through another country's waters - but Iran has not ratified this convention.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The bridges will offer safe passage for wildlife near Joshua Tree National Park, where the highway disrupts the habitat for deer and other animals.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

In the decade prior to the bill’s passage, agricultural groups have joined clean-energy advocates in support of the measure, seeing it as a way to boost domestic corn consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Adams had actually led the debate in the Congress that produced its passage, as Jefferson sat silently and sullenly while the delegates revised his language.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis