en route
adverb or adjective
än-ˈrüt 
äⁿ(n)-ˈrüt
äⁿ(n)-ˈrüt
en-,
in-,
-ˈrau̇t
: on or along the way
he reads en route
arrived early despite en route delays
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San Diego won in 2022 en route to capturing the club’s 16th indoor title and the Savage returned the favor last season on the way to winning the Ron Newman Cup.
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Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024
While officers were en route, they were told there had been a shooting and the victim was inside a home in the 3300 block of Flora in the Linwood Homeowners-Ivanhoe neighborhood.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2024
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Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024
While officers were en route, they were told there had been a shooting and the victim was inside a home in the 3300 block of Flora in the Linwood Homeowners-Ivanhoe neighborhood.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2024
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“En route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20route. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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