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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Democrats have used affordability as their underlying campaign message en route to overperforming in elections across the country and producing double-digit wins in the off-year gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia.
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
This holiday season, the company is pulling out all the stops to ensure its customers are simply having a wonderful Christmastime while en route to their destination.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Growing up in Virginia, my family and I made the roughly four-hour trip from Roanoke to Williamsburg almost every year, sometimes en route to visit family in Virginia Beach and sometimes as its own destination.
—Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
Others were en route to the Sarıkamış ski resort in Eastern Anatolia, famous for its dry, powdery snow.
—Monisha Rajesh, Outside, 9 Dec. 2025
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
This holiday season, the company is pulling out all the stops to ensure its customers are simply having a wonderful Christmastime while en route to their destination.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Growing up in Virginia, my family and I made the roughly four-hour trip from Roanoke to Williamsburg almost every year, sometimes en route to visit family in Virginia Beach and sometimes as its own destination.
—Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
Others were en route to the Sarıkamış ski resort in Eastern Anatolia, famous for its dry, powdery snow.
—Monisha Rajesh, Outside, 9 Dec. 2025
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“En route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20route. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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