made way

verb

past tense of make way
as in opened

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for made way
  1. opened
  2. assisted
  3. helped
  4. aided
  5. facilitated
  6. cleared
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  • Project Hail Mary, which was filmed for IMAX, opened with $28 million in global IMAX box office.
    — David Deal, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Meadow Plaza Shopping Center, which first opened in 1959, has long served as a neighborhood go-to spot for daily necessities.
    — Alexandra Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of opened
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  • The Wisconsin Department of Justice said that its Division of Criminal Investigation is leading the investigation but that it is being assisted by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office, the Wisconsin State Patrol and the Sun Prairie Police Department.
    — Marin Scott, NBC news, 23 July 2026
  • Chelsea enjoy a strong relationship with Villa, which assisted in negotiations for Rogers, with Villa co-owner Nassef Sawiris having the final say.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of assisted
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  • The news release announcing the charges said FBI testing had confirmed the viruses were inactivated — Munster helped develop the inactivation technique — but that the scientists jeopardized Americans’ safety.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • The panic from the occupants struggling to grab floatation devices helped spur aviation-safety reforms, including mandatory preflight passenger briefings and improvements involving flotation equipment.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of helped
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  • On Saturday, rescue crews aided by dogs and detectors found signs of life, confirming that at least one survivor was still trapped beneath the rubble.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • Two teenagers, aided by an arborist, climbed a 100-foot pine tree outside a Pasadena high school Saturday to dramatize a campaign to stop a soil remediation project calling for the removal of nearly 200 trees at several school campuses.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of aided
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  • Demand for the drug is already so intense some people have turned to an online black market, facilitated through WhatsApp or other websites, to buy what sellers say is retatrutide from Chinese labs, the New York Times reported.
    — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Like all the best refs, his measure of success was being able to slip away from the stadium unnoticed, having facilitated a good game that had been enjoyable to watch.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of facilitated
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  • Mahomes has been cleared for Chiefs training camp, which opens Saturday morning with quarterbacks and rookies taking the back fields at Missouri Western State.
    — Sam McDowell July 25, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
  • Once the debris cleared, this team determined that the system contained a helium star, one of only a few thousand of these stripped stellar bodies to be discovered among the billions of stars that populate the Milky Way.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of cleared
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