that way
idiom
1
: in the manner described or suggested
What makes her act that way?
2
: in or into the condition described or suggested
He is a very successful man and it is easy to see how he got that way.
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It wasn’t originally written that way.
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Kate Aurthur, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
McCollum started hot against the Hawks and stayed that way for the remainder of the evening, drilling his first five 3-pointers before finally missing one 15 minutes into the game.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2025
And someone there will stop at nothing to keep it that way.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Her mother always made turkeys that way.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
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Kate Aurthur, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
McCollum started hot against the Hawks and stayed that way for the remainder of the evening, drilling his first five 3-pointers before finally missing one 15 minutes into the game.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2025
And someone there will stop at nothing to keep it that way.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Her mother always made turkeys that way.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for that way
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“That way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/that%20way. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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