the way/ways of the world
noun phrase
: how things happen or how people behave
Success comes easier for some people. That's just the way of the world.
Because he was young and inexperienced in the ways of the world, people were able to take advantage of him.
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A lot of times, with older people, we just get used to the ways of the world.
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 11 May 2025
The rest of the film takes place in a prison, where Henry’s gruff but philosophical cellmate, Gene (Shia LaBeouf), tries to teach him the ways of the world.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2025
The parents’ intention was not only to get the boys out of their hair for a while but also to toughen them up and introduce them to the ways of the world well beyond what would now be called their comfort zones.
—Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Notebook was rooted in the soils of print, a monthly reflection on the ways of the world, intended to acquaint the magazine’s readers with the presuppositions of its editor.
—Harper’s Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 11 May 2025
The rest of the film takes place in a prison, where Henry’s gruff but philosophical cellmate, Gene (Shia LaBeouf), tries to teach him the ways of the world.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2025
The parents’ intention was not only to get the boys out of their hair for a while but also to toughen them up and introduce them to the ways of the world well beyond what would now be called their comfort zones.
—Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Notebook was rooted in the soils of print, a monthly reflection on the ways of the world, intended to acquaint the magazine’s readers with the presuppositions of its editor.
—Harper’s Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for the way/ways of the world
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“The way/ways of the world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20way%2Fways%20of%20the%20world. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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