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as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
the town honored the local sports hero by naming after him a short way connecting two shopping centers
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2
as in habit
a usual manner of behaving or doing
she's set in her ways and is not about to change
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as in path
an established course for traveling from one place to another
took the regular way to work
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as in tendency
an established pattern of behavior
that's just his way, so pay him no mind
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as in approach
the means or procedure for doing something
figured out the best way to accomplish the task
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as in option
the power, right, or opportunity to choose
have it your way
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as in distance
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
it's just a little way down the road
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as in very
to a great degree
"Oh, I'm just way thrilled to be here!" the pageant contestant gushed
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Recent Examples of way
Barry Levitt, Time, 25 July 2025
Learn the right way to keep dust away with these professional tips for cleaning your ceiling fan.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025
Phil Blair, Manpower NO: These changes were way overdue.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
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Noun
Oh, Hi! is a romantic comedy about contemporary dating, but also the way expectations impact our decision-making.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 25 July 2025
Learn the right way to keep dust away with these professional tips for cleaning your ceiling fan.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
Adverb
Honestly, very different from college, probably way different than what the NBA is going to be like.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025
Phil Blair, Manpower NO: These changes were way overdue.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for way
Noun
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As Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed its 6-foot-tall lunar lander on the moon’s surface around 2:34 a.m. Sunday morning, cheers erupted at the watch party at Haute Spot in Cedar Park, just down the road from where 50 Firefly operators monitored the landing.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Among road games for Carty’s Blue Hens is a trip to Colorado on September 6 and a date at Wake Forest on November 22.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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The United States has tried repeatedly to wean itself off immigrant employment, but cheap labor is a tough habit to kick.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
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This formula/habit/trend does not typically occur across the pond, so shortening 'Edgware Road' to 'Edgware,' does pose an issue.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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The path is potentially clear for a Fantastic Four three-peat at next week's domestic cage match, though one film may possess the power to overtake the title.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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But here their paths had diverged—Sunny’s to New York City, Satya’s to Rochester.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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Attachment styles are simply ways to understand one’s tendencies in a relationship.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Soccer’s authorities have a tendency to dismiss, or at least appear to dismiss, the women’s game.—
Julia Andersen,
CNN Money,
30 July 2025
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Amy Ayers, Jennifer Harbison, Sarah Harbison, and Eliza Thomas, all teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, were killed and stripped of their clothing in a room in the back of the shop, before the place was set on fire.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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Featuring the songs and sweetly shaky voice of Peter Gill, 2nd Grade has the same sunny day, lonely room wistfulness and childlike innocence of classic Beach Boys songs with a twee edge.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Aug. 2025
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Hundreds of species, from as far as South America, commonly stop in Kentucky to find food and rest their wings after traveling for miles along their aerial route.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
24 July 2025
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Some compare the terraced ruins to Machu Picchu, but with only a few dozen visitors reaching this architectural marvel every day via trekking routes loving cared for and protected by indigenous communities, the experience of a visit couldn't be further from that at the overrun city of the Incas.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Cora certainly understands this process as the deadline approaches and what Boston is capable of if chief baseball officer Craig Breslow can add reinforcements.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Communities across Michigan — not just Detroit — were among several cities across the country that adopted the approach in response and used federal pandemic relief funds to invest in violence prevention.—
Andrea May Sahouri,
Freep.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Young versions of the rockers graced the poster, hung in the doorway of a red hallway.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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At that point, the co-responder was at the doorway of the apartment, the lawsuit said.—
Nathan Pilling
July 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 July 2025
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“Way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/way. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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