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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Thirty percent of the world’s container ship traffic is reported to pass through its waters en route to or from the Suez Canal, according to previous Fox News Digital reports.
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Olivia Palombo, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Turpin’s score gave Dallas a 21-3 lead en route to a 30-23 victory over the Washington Commanders in Landover, Maryland.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Dec. 2025
Rossi thrived in unconventional ways en route to a 24-goal, 60-point sophomore breakout last season.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
Ship of Dreams details both the catastrophe and its legacy, beginning at a Belfast dry dock and ending with the OceanGate Titan submersible disaster, which happened en route to the Titanic’s seafloor resting place.
—Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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Olivia Palombo, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Turpin’s score gave Dallas a 21-3 lead en route to a 30-23 victory over the Washington Commanders in Landover, Maryland.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Dec. 2025
Rossi thrived in unconventional ways en route to a 24-goal, 60-point sophomore breakout last season.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
Ship of Dreams details both the catastrophe and its legacy, beginning at a Belfast dry dock and ending with the OceanGate Titan submersible disaster, which happened en route to the Titanic’s seafloor resting place.
—Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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“En route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20route. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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