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
  • Hawthorne had demolished much of its grandstand to make way for a casino.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • Nike had the option to match the adidas offer and declined, making way for the three-stripe era.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 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
  • Future projects for the bridge include removing the existing toll booths to make way for cashless tolling.
    Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Seven office buildings will be demolished to make way for the Amazon project.
    Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 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
  • Fifty years ago, in 1966, the baseball landmark was demolished to make way for a shopping mall.
    Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 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
  • Johnny Rockets closed in April to make way for construction of the new Crafty’s Kitchen.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As spaghetti straps eventually make way to lightweight sweaters, the best fall fragrances, too, become part of the seasonal wardrobe shift.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Savage said the implication in the earnings call, that Celsius gave up shelf space to make way for its other brands, was a dire signal.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 7 Aug. 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
  • Then came the boom in streaming, which blurred the lines between theatrical and TV movies — and helped make way for the modern limited series.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 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
  • Fieldly said on the earnings call that the company may have been overly aggressive in reducing the number of products being sold to make way for newer lines.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
  • To make way for the massive incoming crowds, many streets, sidewalks and parks surrounding Grant Park will be shut down temporarily.
    Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 30 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
  • People like Dallas Fowler say the beautiful trees that once lined the city's medians have been cut down to make way for what's become a digital divide.
    Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 11 Aug. 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
  • Belben’s writing catches something at the root of human existence, a state between dream and reason where all sense of belonging is suspended, making way for longing to define the self.
    Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

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