way station
noun
1
: a station set between principal stations on a line of travel (such as a railroad)
2
: an intermediate stopping place
Examples of way station in a Sentence
a way station for truck drivers
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Middle school is typically seen as something to be endured, a necessary if unfortunate way station on the road to adulthood.
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Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
Winds are high as the group approaches its Greenland way station, and the landings are dicey.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
There are networks and way stations in the brain, specialized in managing how our body interacts with the three-dimensional world.
—Discover Magazine, 18 July 2024
But the Waterloo name lingers near the Howard County crossroads where the bustling way station that served George Washington and Thomas Jefferson once stood.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
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Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
Winds are high as the group approaches its Greenland way station, and the landings are dicey.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
There are networks and way stations in the brain, specialized in managing how our body interacts with the three-dimensional world.
—Discover Magazine, 18 July 2024
But the Waterloo name lingers near the Howard County crossroads where the bustling way station that served George Washington and Thomas Jefferson once stood.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
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“Way station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/way%20station. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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