en route
adverb or adjective
än-ˈrüt 
äⁿ(n)-ˈrüt
äⁿ(n)-ˈrüt
en-,
in-,
-ˈrau̇t
: on or along the way
he reads en route
arrived early despite en route delays
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Messi and Barcelona did beat Bayern in the 2015 Champions League semifinals en route to winning the final.
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Tom Bogert, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2025
Harris continued the spectacular individual effort with a stiff arm en route to a breakaway 55-yard TD run.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
After facing a 20-9 deficit in the fourth quarter, Mahomes and company capped off an epic comeback en route to a 23-20 victory.
—Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
A week later, the Lucy mission, en route to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, observed the coma and tail from the opposite direction, helping researchers reconstruct the 3D structure of the dust.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 28 Nov. 2025
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Tom Bogert, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2025
Harris continued the spectacular individual effort with a stiff arm en route to a breakaway 55-yard TD run.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
After facing a 20-9 deficit in the fourth quarter, Mahomes and company capped off an epic comeback en route to a 23-20 victory.
—Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
A week later, the Lucy mission, en route to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, observed the coma and tail from the opposite direction, helping researchers reconstruct the 3D structure of the dust.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 28 Nov. 2025
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“En route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20route. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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