as in trail
a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps
found the footpath leading down into the valley
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Recent Examples of footpath
Tentative plans call for firming up the footpath with crushed limestone, so cyclists can use it too.
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John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Douglass laid out the first of what would become fifty-nine avenues, a hundred and eighty footpaths, and four walks.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
One of Traverse City proper’s most popular attractions is the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, a hospital complex from the 19th century that has since been reborn into a mixed-use space, with shops, restaurants, footpaths, and art galleries.
—Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 28 May 2025
Paille also said that urban areas could be redesigned to separate roads from footpaths.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 27 May 2025
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John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Douglass laid out the first of what would become fifty-nine avenues, a hundred and eighty footpaths, and four walks.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
One of Traverse City proper’s most popular attractions is the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, a hospital complex from the 19th century that has since been reborn into a mixed-use space, with shops, restaurants, footpaths, and art galleries.
—Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 28 May 2025
Paille also said that urban areas could be redesigned to separate roads from footpaths.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footpath
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To identify these tracks, the researchers manually analyzed thousands of images of the moon’s surface between 40° north and 40° south latitude, where sunlight makes the bright trails visible.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Other unbeatable autumn jaunts include the two-mile Phelps Lake Overlook route and the five-mile Flagg Canyon trail.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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Since that meeting, during which allies expressed optimism of a path forward on security guarantees, no progress has materialized.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The advance gives sodium batteries a clearer path to compete with lithium.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital screened 3,508 patients with stage I, II, or III rectal cancer or stage II or III colon cancer, finding that 1,103 of these people had a specific variant in the PI3K pathway – the genetic marker of interest.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Sep. 2025
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Colorful containers filled with frilly ornamental kale and fall flowers accent the pathway to the door and provide a warm welcome.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Footpath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpath. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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