way station
noun
1
: a station set between principal stations on a line of travel (such as a railroad)
2
: an intermediate stopping place
Examples of way station in a Sentence
a way station for truck drivers
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My final way station was called Argan House, a guesthouse surrounded by wild argan trees on a mountainside with distant views of smoggy Agadir and the milky maritime sky beyond.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
However, this multistandard compromise may well only be a way station.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2025
Jason Isbell approached a creative way station with his 2025 album Foxes in the Snow, in which the singer-songwriter reimagined the divorce record and the chaos that unspools in the aftermath of a separation.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
Like the temporary residents of its way station between the living and the dead, the choice is yours in terms of fused cinematic comparisons.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2025
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
However, this multistandard compromise may well only be a way station.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2025
Jason Isbell approached a creative way station with his 2025 album Foxes in the Snow, in which the singer-songwriter reimagined the divorce record and the chaos that unspools in the aftermath of a separation.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
Like the temporary residents of its way station between the living and the dead, the choice is yours in terms of fused cinematic comparisons.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for way station
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“Way station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/way%20station. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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