en route
adverb or adjective
, en-, in-, -ˈrau̇t
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Adut Akech, a model born in what is now South Sudan while her mother was en route to a refugee camp in Kenya, made her international debut with Saint Laurent. — Kristina O’neill, WSJ, "WSJ. Magazine Editor’s Letter: Lucky Stars," 17 Jan. 2019 And the two have been snapped, multiple times, in their athleisure wear, en route to and from the gym. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez Just Gave All of Us a Huge Fitness Challenge," 21 Jan. 2019 No deficit was too big en route to six victories in a row, tied for the Phils’ longest winning streak since September 2012. — Scott Lauber, Philly.com, "Phillies' whole is greater than sum of their parts, as All-Star voting proves | Extra Innings," 9 July 2018 According to Fox 6, Bruno received a video tip of Armoni getting on a Greyhound bus in Milwaukee en route to Chicago. — Montana Couser, The Root, "‘I Believe If My Daughter Was a White Girl, They Would Have Taken All My Leads Seriously’: Mother of Missing 16-Year-Old," 5 July 2018 Trump spoke about the WTO aboard Air Force One en route to Bedminster, New Jersey. — Toluse Olorunnipa, Bloomberg.com, "Trump Wants Better WTO Treatment, Adviser Hits Back at Critics," 30 June 2018 Since the beginning of 2018, around 785 people have died en route, compared to 87 at the US-Mexico border and 82 in sub-Saharan Africa, according to IOM data. — Sarah El Sirgany And Judith Vonberg, CNN, "With 100 killed, Tunisia boat wreck becomes year's deadliest migrant disaster," 5 June 2018 In Origin, the passengers wake up from stasis, en route to the distant planet Thea. — Samantha Nelson, The Verge, "YouTube’s tech-noir series Origin is Lost… in space," 14 Nov. 2018 Shu-Sei joined us en route to Kumano Hongu Taisha, one of the three Grand Shrines that tether the UNESCO site. — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, "On the Trail With AdventureWomen and a 70-Year-Old Japanese Priestess," 13 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'en route.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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