that way
idiom
1
: in the manner described or suggested
What makes her act that way?
2
: in or into the condition described or suggested
He is a very successful man and it is easy to see how he got that way.
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Donald Trump doesn't like people to be more exposed than him, and [Musk's] headed that way.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Developers told her neighbors that the area would stay that way because of the challenges of building subdivisions along a two-lane country road bounded railroad crossings.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
The director of national intelligence in theory sits atop the hierarchy of U.S. intelligence agencies, although no one treats the position that way in reality.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
Whether they were suited to playing that way is a different issue.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Developers told her neighbors that the area would stay that way because of the challenges of building subdivisions along a two-lane country road bounded railroad crossings.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
The director of national intelligence in theory sits atop the hierarchy of U.S. intelligence agencies, although no one treats the position that way in reality.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
Whether they were suited to playing that way is a different issue.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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“That way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/that%20way. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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