How to Use make way in a Sentence

make way

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  • Some large homes have been demolished to make way for more modern large homes.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
  • The bittersweet farewell makes way for more adventures and hardships, ups and downs, to come.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 July 2026
  • Di Popolo and Dunn agree that these items should be taken out to make way for fall and winter items.
    Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 26 June 2026
  • Shakira and the world’s cutest dancers Of course the halftime event made way for Shakira to take center stage— er, field.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026
  • Any evidence of favoritism or unfairness could make way for legal trouble.
    Seth Turner, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But later it was moved by Elijah Hand to make way for his embalming business, Hunter said.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • Pedestrians holler their support and cars make way for the annual Juneteenth parade.
    Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Midwest Living, 19 July 2026
  • The Today chapter came to abrupt end with his firing in 2008 to make way for Justin Webb.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 July 2026
  • Tennis was entering a rebuilding phase during which the legends of the past would make way for … someone, hopefully, at some point.
    Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
  • Home prices in the nation are falling, making way for potential bargains—but only the wealthiest foreigners can afford to move there.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • Afterward, the 43-year-old building will make way for Scotia Place, which will serve as the Flames’ new home next season.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Just months later, in October, the East Wing had been demolished without notice to make way for the new ballroom.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • One dog park visitor watched dozens of trees crash down during a recent visit to make way for the prominent Kansas City brokerage firm.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • Hope returned after injury and Joshua de Silva made way and Kemar Roach was ruled out due to a hamstring injury.
    ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • But on this afternoon, basketball jerseys make way for USMNT shirts.
    Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Local Color was rushed out of that space in 2019 to make way for a building redevelopment that still hasn’t happened, seven years later.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Asencio’s camp’s stance is that the player wants to win over Mourinho, but his departure is considered necessary to make way for another centre-back to arrive.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Bailey is shifting some operations to other parcels of land owned by the company to make way for the development, Appert previously said.
    Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 21 July 2026
  • Two vacant structures would be torn down to make way for the 24,850-square-foot building anchored by john greene Realtor and john greene Commercial.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • That proposal would have closed all roads in Penn Valley Park, including Broadway, to make way for gondola lifts that would connect various points in the city.
    Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
  • Prior to that, the property was the longtime home of The Dairy Hut, which was demolished to make way for The Dairy Barn, Leighty said.
    Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
  • Carol Di Popolo, a professional organizer at Bringing Tidy Home, says these things should be removed from the garage to make way for fall items such as fall yard tools to prepare your yard for fall.
    Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 26 June 2026
  • Advertisement The controversial and costly demolition of the White House East Wing to make way for a new ballroom has drawn criticism across party aisles.
    Tiago Ventura, Time, 14 July 2026
  • With the titling issues sorted, Arkell said the developers will start with building out roads, sewers and utility lines, and clear the 50-acre property over the next eight to 10 months in order to make way for building construction.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
  • Rain swept across Midtown, lightning flashed above the Garden, illuminating the skyline in dramatic fashion, only to make way for a rainbow, and the Empire State Building itself aglow in blue.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Village West Parkway, between Speedway Boulevard and west of Hollywood Casino Boulevard, will be closed through September to make way for construction.
    Sofi Zeman july 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
  • The industry expects that Sky Studios chief Cécile Frot-Coutaz will become the content chief across both companies, which could mean that Kevin Lygo, ITV’s top tastemaker, makes way after a decade-long spell in his role.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 July 2026
  • The society was formed in 1956 with the express objective to save the old Murphy homestead (called Bay View), which was demolished in 1961 to make way for Central Expressway, even though it had been declared an historical landmark just a year prior.
    Katharina Woodman, Mercury News, 5 July 2026

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