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way station

noun

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as in station

a regular stopping place a way station for truck drivers

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Recent Examples of way station The hotel is just a way station, though. — ABC News, 28 May 2026 Many see Jordan as a way station to permanent resettlement in Canada, the United States, or Europe, where the economic opportunities are better. — Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 His songs were a balmy way station. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 In addition to raising their own, the home was also a way station for newly arriving Croatians. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for way station

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And on Tuesday night, an interview with Mourinho was broadcast on El Chiringuito de Jugones on the Spanish TV station Energy.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Officials did not immediately release the names of those who perished, but Lenore Bangura told ABC Toledo affiliate station WTVG that her mother, Mary Allen, was killed in the explosion.

— Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

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