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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Perhaps no single creative work could influence a country that way today.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
Right now the land is zoned for residential use and could hold around 300 homes if built that way.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
It was never intended that way.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
But not all 16-year-olds are built that way.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
Right now the land is zoned for residential use and could hold around 300 homes if built that way.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
It was never intended that way.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
But not all 16-year-olds are built that way.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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