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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Easy isn’t a caricature, even if the people and events around him increasingly feel that way.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Not everyone feels that way, but for me?
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Our Universe may be full of stars, galaxies, and a cosmic web of large-scale structure, all separated by the vastness of empty space between them, but it wasn’t born that way.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Among 16-24-year-olds, republicans (67 percent) outnumbered royalists (30 percent) by more than double when the question was phrased that way.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Not everyone feels that way, but for me?
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Our Universe may be full of stars, galaxies, and a cosmic web of large-scale structure, all separated by the vastness of empty space between them, but it wasn’t born that way.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Among 16-24-year-olds, republicans (67 percent) outnumbered royalists (30 percent) by more than double when the question was phrased that way.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for that way
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“That way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/that%20way. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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