How to Use route in a Sentence

route

1 of 2 noun
  • We didn't know what route to take.
  • We live on a rural route.
  • You could take a different route and still arrive at the same conclusion.
  • Take Route 2 into town.
  • Why is this a route that makes sense?
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • At the time, this was a new flight route.
    Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Click here to check out the route maps for each.
    Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • This week, Google went the bond route.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • To see Louisville’s snow route, click here.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
  • All the major routes are closed.
    Christine Sloan, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • And creators are your route in.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Where do buses on the new routes have stops?
    Des Moines Register, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The routes are more predictable.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • And even if their routes had not been announced.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Tickets for all of the new routes are now on sale.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Snow routes in Ames are marked with red-and-white signs.
    Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The first day of drop-offs, the route got off-schedule.
    Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026
  • All the routes start or end in Elk Grove.
    Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • This route makes the most sense for fans that have rusted all over.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
  • Herbert then found Allen on an out route.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
  • And there’s more than one route to AGI.
    James Barrat, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The new route comes amid a rise in tourism for the Bahamas.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Sarratt is a great route runner with hands to match.
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But changing our route was out of the question.
    Annie Ernaux, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Both of them run in-breaking routes to the middle.
    Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But that is not the only entry route.
    Christian Stadler, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • The strait is the world’s most vital shipping route for oil.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Shops are closed along the route, as are subway stations.
    Eunice Yoon, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That would be an easy route, but not very effective.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • What is the frequency of the route?
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025

route

2 of 2 verb
  • When the doctor is out, his calls are routed to his answering service.
  • Traffic was routed around the accident.
  • That force was then routed, yet Amador still was not caught.
    Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Crews in the air and on the ground were routed to that area to stifle the growth.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Then they were routed again Tuesday in the same state.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Calls that come through your iPad will be routed through your iPhone.
    Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2023
  • But there will be less transparency now on how the model routes those prompts.
    semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • In those environments, the rules aren’t red tape to route around.
    Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Porzel said it's all been homes for sale, all bad numbers routed through crisis lines.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023
  • Most dog hoodies will include a hole at the back of the neck, through which owners can route a leash.
    Bestreviews, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Inertia dressed up as brand equity is the first thing the agent will route around.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Output is routed to all four wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The new code was installed on seven of the firm’s eight order-routing servers.
    Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • An agent that needs context has to route through infrastructure like that.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Our air traffic controllers and weather pros are routing flights around the storms.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
  • The men in pink were routed 4-0 on a frigid, rainy afternoon.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024
  • So, other countries are re-routing.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Put a small hose on the bleeder to route the fluid into a container.
    Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Use orchestration to route requests to the right agent.
    Jerry Haywood, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The transducer has to fit in a scupper and the cable should be easy to route to the display.
    Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • For images, Google routes your prompt to Nano Banana.
    ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
  • Countries and corporations that host or route these flows shape the terms of access.
    Majeed Javdani, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Charter routes much of the traffic through its Wi-Fi networks.
    Kelcee Griffis, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • Mail would just get routed through another office.
    Laura Isensee, Scientific American, 18 May 2026
  • All that data then needs to be routed through satellites to ground networks below.
    Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That meant every message got routed through at most five nodes, or connecting points.
    Laura Isensee, Scientific American, 18 May 2026
  • Fritz was first routed to England, and from there, home to New York.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026
  • The goal for each team is to fire lasers at aerial relays that can then route the beams to their destinations.
    IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Unexpected sea ice can damage ships or stop them in their tracks, forcing them to re-route or turn back.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • On a calm day, electricity is routed along the cheapest path.
    Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 7 July 2026

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