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Recent Examples of way station
The gateway to the French Riviera, the city has long been dismissed as a way station to smaller resort towns, the erstwhile stomping grounds of Matisse, Chagall, Baldwin, and Fitzgerald.
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Sloane Crosley, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Detectives also confirmed the missing man’s vehicle traveled through a way station on I-80 on June 21, at 3:21 p.m., local time.
—David Chiu, People.com, 3 July 2025
East and west traffic In the meantime, Cyprus has become a major eastbound-westbound way station for travelers headed in both directions as a number of Israelis are trying to return to their homeland from abroad as missiles fly and airport use for civilian purposes is severely restricted.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
That meant one less way station, but the community member still ended up detained.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
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Sloane Crosley, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Detectives also confirmed the missing man’s vehicle traveled through a way station on I-80 on June 21, at 3:21 p.m., local time.
—David Chiu, People.com, 3 July 2025
East and west traffic In the meantime, Cyprus has become a major eastbound-westbound way station for travelers headed in both directions as a number of Israelis are trying to return to their homeland from abroad as missiles fly and airport use for civilian purposes is severely restricted.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
That meant one less way station, but the community member still ended up detained.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for way station
station
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These stations pay Disney hundreds of millions each year to carry ABC programming, but Disney’s pivot to streaming in 2019 has resulted in plenty of tension by shifting resources away from broadcast.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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With the Tegna deal pending, Nexstar’s decision was seen as an attempt to get in the good graces of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who had vigorously criticized Kimmel’s remarks and suggested local TV stations could lose their broadcast licenses if Kimmel were not taken off the air.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Way station.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/way%20station. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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