as in processes
forward movement in time or place
the ant was making little headway carrying a crumb that was about five times his size
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Recent Examples of headways
In heavy urban freeway congestion (the type common in California), rapid braking and short headways create chain-reaction risk.
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Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Three times as many routes will operate 15-minute headways compared to today, and weekend service will match that of weekdays.
—Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Braidwood admits there were also business headways, which in many ways, were affected by the safety concerns and AI unknowns.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Three times as many routes will operate 15-minute headways compared to today, and weekend service will match that of weekdays.
—Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Braidwood admits there were also business headways, which in many ways, were affected by the safety concerns and AI unknowns.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headways
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Regardless of whether one studies cosmology, particle physics, medicine or chemical processes, one is always dealing with variable systems and thus with differential equations.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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These additions build on the company’s earlier efforts to simplify processes, extending that philosophy into software.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Noun
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With his plans to cap his college partners at 30, Davis contends that those that spurned Avo’s advances will eventually come to regret it.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
12 May 2026
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The result was radar, penicillin, and the foundations for later advances in biological research and information technology.—
David H. Hsu,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The increasing autonomy of UAVs, enabled by advancements in AI, further complicates the ethical landscape.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Similar plant progressions occur by altitude on the mountains, along with the forest’s famed denizens, the wolf, coyote, moose, black bear, lynx, snowshoe hare, tick, mosquito, midge, deerfly, and blackfly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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The platform analyzes job titles, compensation levels, hierarchies, and experience requirements to group roles into logical pay grades and career progressions.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2026
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In processions held on local feast days, Mata and Grifone become giant papier-mâché figures that are paraded through the streets.—
Lee Marshall,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 May 2026
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The festival, one of South Korea’s largest public celebrations, draws thousands of participants each year and features large-scale lantern displays, processions, and cultural performances.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
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However, as the season progresses and Nia sinks further into the four-under-four abyss, Danny’s behavior is impossible to ignore.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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Dylvinci strikes a balance between layered complexity—production that swirls and progresses, adding plugg elements like a river picking up sediment—and spaciousness that leaves room for WiFi’s restrained voice and day-in-the-life musings.—
Matthew Ritchie,
Pitchfork,
6 May 2026
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“Headways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headways. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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