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as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
the town honored the local sports hero by naming after him a short way connecting two shopping centers
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as in habit
a usual manner of behaving or doing
she's set in her ways and is not about to change
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as in path
an established course for traveling from one place to another
took the regular way to work
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as in tendency
an established pattern of behavior
that's just his way, so pay him no mind
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as in approach
the means or procedure for doing something
figured out the best way to accomplish the task
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as in option
the power, right, or opportunity to choose
have it your way
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as in distance
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
it's just a little way down the road
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as in very
to a great degree
"Oh, I'm just way thrilled to be here!" the pageant contestant gushed
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Recent Examples of way
Greg Wehner, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2025
Working with the top auteurs of their day week in and way out clearly made an impact on Deutch, who absorbed their lessons into his DNA and applied them elegantly to his modest film about a girl in love with a boy from the other side of the tracks.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Now, the meth trade has become so lucrative and so sophisticated that Mexican meth is exported as far away as Hong Kong or Australia, and the cartels have found ways to avoid detection of their drug money.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
The Impeccable Blurring Second-Skin Matte Foundation claims to blur imperfections across the skin in a seamless and natural way.
—Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
There are very specific communities within cycling, and some of them take themselves way more seriously than others.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2025
Working with the top auteurs of their day week in and way out clearly made an impact on Deutch, who absorbed their lessons into his DNA and applied them elegantly to his modest film about a girl in love with a boy from the other side of the tracks.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for way
Noun
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The road is closed from Blue Ridge Cut Off/Exit 9 to Sterling Avenue/Exit 10 in Kansas City.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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Motorsports have a long history of bringing race technologies to the road.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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And this is already being reflected in Gen Z's current job-seeking habits, with 88 percent using online job boards and 36 percent using artificial intelligence for their applications.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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That habit served Verlander for most of his career.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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The controller then directed the Mesa plane onto a path that risked a collision, triggering cockpit alarms in both planes.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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Money & Markets 10 high-paying and fast-growing jobs that don't require a college degree There are lots of great fields out there for people who didn't go to college By Start Slideshow Start Slideshow For many, the path to success starts with obtaining a college degree.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
28 Feb. 2025
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Beyond The Basics Successful investing requires mastering behavioral tendencies, and effective retirement planning demands a clear view of your financial reality.—
Wayne Anderman,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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And so, your natural tendency to believe that everyone is operating in good faith takes a real beating.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
27 Feb. 2025
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Her immediate next move, however, was kicking off dinner with a toast and round of tequila shots for the room.—
Kristen Tauer,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
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Get Creative: Taylor recommends finding ways to use visual cues to differentiate one space from another, rather than physical objects that can make the room feel more closed in.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2025
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Trump has stated that his interest in purchasing—or even taking over—the Danish territory was driven by the frequent passage of Russian and Chinese merchant vessels and warships through Arctic routes close to Greenland.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Resilience is taking a much longer, more circuitous route to the moon; the Japanese lander isn't expected to reach lunar orbit until late May or early June.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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But some conservatives and anti-tax groups say a massive bond measure is not the right approach.—
Kate Talerico,
The Mercury News,
20 Feb. 2025
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That handholding and holistic approach allows DataVisor to charge more for each additional customer than the competition.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Harley had to stand in a dressing room doorway watching Canadian players skate last Saturday after Shea Theodore was lost with an upper-body injury.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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At the apartment, police found Blue Sr. lying inside a doorway with multiple gunshot wounds, the affidavit said.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/way. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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