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as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
take Route 190 for six miles, then get off
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as in path
an established course for traveling from one place to another
we're going to get stuck in traffic if we take the usual route
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as in to guide
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front
the guide routed us smoothly through the jungle
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Recent Examples of route
Patricia Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
The city will run its Friday, Jan. 10 routes on Saturday, Jan. 11, according to a page on the city’s website.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2025
That differs from the hub-and-spoke model favored by larger airlines, which route flights from smaller airports through big, central hubs in cities like Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas.
—Niraj Chokshi, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Shorter runs, like one-star and zero-star, demand constant perfection amid routes that have been hyper optimized over time by others.
—Patricia Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
The city will run its Friday, Jan. 10 routes on Saturday, Jan. 11, according to a page on the city’s website.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
Advanced features like split tunneling and OpenVPN compatibility give users control over how their internet traffic is routed.
—New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2025
That differs from the hub-and-spoke model favored by larger airlines, which route flights from smaller airports through big, central hubs in cities like Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas.
—Niraj Chokshi, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for route
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Utah’s Brice Sensabaugh, a Lake Highland Prep product, led all scorers with 27 points off the bench in the 13-point road victory.Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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The Capitol Police have stepped up security for the event, closing roads and increasing patrols around the Capitol grounds.Kate Selig, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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In the landscape of a story, fact checkers’ trails can often be followed along a path of hedges and denials, but an elegant fix may render the footwork behind it invisible.Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
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Roughly 37,000 people in the path of the Palisades Fire were ordered to leave their homes in the cities of Calabasas, Malibu and Los Angeles, law enforcement and fire officials said.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Indeed, making such claims became a way of auditioning for a national security role in a second Trump administration.Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Offering doula benefits has become an increasingly relevant way for organizations to promote inclusivity and equity.Cynthia McEwen, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Visualize the Solution Mood boards have long been a staple of fashion, used to articulate the inspiration behind a collection while guiding merchandising, marketing and storytelling.Marissa Andrada, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
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Analyst David Konrad says key catalysts for the stock moving forward include a roughly 30% discount on its 2026 price-to-earnings ratio compare to peers, as well as potential changes to rules guiding the capital that banks must have against the credit.Brian Evans, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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The administration has noted that heavy trucks do significant damage to the state’s highways and this fee enables Connecticut to force businesses based out-of-state to contribute toward infrastructure repair costs.Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2025
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Speeds along most of the highways headed into and out of downtown were above 45 mph.Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
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Two current Bears have experience playing under Vrabel in Tennessee and lauded his approach.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Both planes aborted their approaches, circled the airport and then landed without incident, in a recording archived on LiveATC.net.Joel Rose, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps the upbeat CEOs are steering other sectors, as the movements of investors, who moved out of tech to utilities, financials and materials on Tuesday, suggest.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
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Due to La Nina conditions in the Pacific Ocean, the jet stream is buckled to the north and all the rain storms are being steered away from southern California.Max Golembo, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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That triggered a new mandatory evacuation order for an area from Sunset Boulevard to Encino Reservoir, and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon, with sections of the thoroughfare remaining closed to ward off excess traffic in the West Los Angeles area.Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
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The once-leafy thoroughfares known as the Alphabet Streets now look like a nuclear bomb detonated at the Chase bank in the nearby shopping village.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Route.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/route. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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