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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We almost got knocked in the street, because everyone was running that way from down here.
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Todd Feurer, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Those further on the right want to keep it that way, believing American workers should be given priority for the jobs done by immigrants in the country illegally.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
And federal health agencies will receive data only on cancer patients classified that way.
—Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
While many are calling the role a comeback, Hudson doesn’t see it that way.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
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Todd Feurer, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Those further on the right want to keep it that way, believing American workers should be given priority for the jobs done by immigrants in the country illegally.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
And federal health agencies will receive data only on cancer patients classified that way.
—Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
While many are calling the role a comeback, Hudson doesn’t see it that way.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 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 27 Nov. 2025.
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