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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Running back Brady Powell sparked the comeback by breaking three tackles en route to an 11-yard touchdown rush.
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
In the 19th century, for example, Charles Darwin made an expensive voyage to the southernmost tip of the Americas, visiting many other places en route, including his famous trek through the Galapagos Islands.
—Ryan Summers, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Among those brought to the medical group were two men who were already dead on arrival, another man who died while being transferred, 10 women — one of whom died en route to the charity’s trauma hospital in Tabarre — and three children who did not survive their injuries.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Leclerc won three times en route to coming third in the drivers’ table.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
In the 19th century, for example, Charles Darwin made an expensive voyage to the southernmost tip of the Americas, visiting many other places en route, including his famous trek through the Galapagos Islands.
—Ryan Summers, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Among those brought to the medical group were two men who were already dead on arrival, another man who died while being transferred, 10 women — one of whom died en route to the charity’s trauma hospital in Tabarre — and three children who did not survive their injuries.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Leclerc won three times en route to coming third in the drivers’ table.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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“En route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20route. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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