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pass for

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  1. Be accepted as or believed to be, usually something that is not so. For example, Jean is 23 but could pass for a teenager, or They thought that copy would pass for an original. [Late 1500s]


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The pass types available for the November sale include general admission with a shuttle pass for $779 on either weekend and VIP, priced at $1399 for Weekend 1 and $1349 for weekend 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Through a $25 annual membership at bike advocacy group Oaks and Spokes, she gets her bus pass for free.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Even watching from the stands has a price—this tournament had a $60-a-head pass for spectators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

With a population of about 2,400, it could pass for any number of prairie towns: modest houses and churches, mostly boarded-up storefronts, and a grain elevator towering above everything.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Not only had she gotten Pefta to grant me permission for this visit, she had also secured a pass for herself and Mate to go shopping for supplies in the meanwhile.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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