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To put it another way, offshoring is often only a way station on the road to automation.
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Michael Spence, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2014
This was to be a way station, not a terminus; after disembarking there, immigrants would be encouraged to fan out, helping to establish Jewish communities throughout the southwestern half of the nation.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
They were imprisoned from 1941 to 1945 at Theresienstadt, known as a way station for most there, who were eventually sent to death camps.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
The Copilot demonstration is probably an important way station on the way to making this real for a greater number of people.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Michael Spence, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2014
This was to be a way station, not a terminus; after disembarking there, immigrants would be encouraged to fan out, helping to establish Jewish communities throughout the southwestern half of the nation.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
They were imprisoned from 1941 to 1945 at Theresienstadt, known as a way station for most there, who were eventually sent to death camps.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
The Copilot demonstration is probably an important way station on the way to making this real for a greater number of people.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for way station
station
Noun
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Teams are increasingly installing water stations on sidelines.—
Rebecca Tauber,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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How to Get There: Nearest Metro station is Saint‑Paul (Line 1).—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Way station.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/way%20station. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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