HEADWAYS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

headways

noun

plural of headway

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. — 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

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People need to be trained, processes and policies rewritten, organizations reordered, protocols invented, budgets approved, data collected and cleaned.

— Chang Che, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
Lyntris subsequently developed processes to manufacture and test the assemblies.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of processes

Noun

With no local champions in artificial intelligence and the IT services industry facing the brunt of AI advancements, India is widely seen as an anti-AI trade.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
But new aircraft deliveries and technological advancements are changing that.

— Chris Dong, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of advancements

Noun

Webb has detailed how the Broncos have examined the layering of routes to ensure progressions best fit how Nix reads the field.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
The 20-year-old has shown poise in the pocket, patience when going through progressions and ability to throw to receivers open anywhere on the field.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of progressions

Noun

In Corfu, the island’s philharmonics, or local brass bands, accompany the Good Friday processions.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
Critics have a long list of concerns with the project, ranging from the financial cost to the impact on nearby funeral processions to questions of vehicle, pedestrian and aviation safety.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026

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