noun
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a path designed, and sometimes landscaped, for pedestrian use
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a passage or path connecting buildings
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a passage or path, esp one for walking over machinery, etc
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Etymology
Origin of walkway
Example Sentences
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They’ve raised concerns about a sunshade placed over the dock, a wooden walkway to connect the restaurant to handicap parking spots, and a wedding that was held on site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
There is plenty to protest in the plan: Trump is threatening to install gold accents throughout the buildings, and renderings show a new covered walkway that could interrupt the clean lines of Saarinen’s facade.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
In nearby Altadena, another wind phone sits in a wooden framed telephone booth with vertical glass windows at the end of a brick walkway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Separately, Trump said he was replacing the decades-old sandstone paving stones in the colonnade, the pillared walkway that leads from the main White House mansion to the Oval Office.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
I ran down the ridge to the flat walkway near the buttress.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Since becoming mayor in January, Mamdani has widened bike lanes, announced plans for new bike boulevards and prioritized improving pedestrian walkways.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
She also worked with urban developers on pedestrian bridges and walkways in Kyiv.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
AFP saw walkways, sun loungers and a restaurant terrace at the hotel deserted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Plebes, prohibited from fraternizing with girls, celebrated spring commencement by marching across the walkways and climbing Herndon.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
The old coral-stone water sanitation building with its arched walkways and terra-cotta roof was a royal castle.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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