make way

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for make way
Verb
  • By aiding mariners, Airy believed, such measurements provided a tangible service to the state that the newfangled spectroscopy might not be able to match.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Michael Kayode’s cannonball long throws, which Slot said Liverpool had practised defending on Friday and spoken about again on Saturday, were a constant problem, but the visitors repeatedly, and needlessly, aided Brentford by putting the ball out of play in their own defensive third.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The expansion has been facilitated by two key hires, with director of APAC development Timo Vollmer and EMEAA export director Marie-Astrid Erbsheuser joining the team.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Protein is the building block of the human body, responsible for maintaining muscle and bone strength, supporting a healthy immune system, and facilitating tissue repair.
    Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When it was announced that Girls collaborators Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan (both Jewish) had been hired as showrunners for Season 2, the news brought some hope that Konner’s perspective in particular would help to make these characters lovable.
    Judy Berman, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Cunha helped earn his start by reporting to Carrington a day before scheduled last week after returning from Japan with Brazil.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Billups was arrested less than nine hours after Portland’s season-opening season-opening loss at home, a game notably attended by the team’s current owner and a financier in the process of buying the franchise.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Rozier did not play in the Heat’s season-opening game on Wednesday night versus the Orlando Magic.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If agents plan to detain or arrest an individual, sheriff deputies must be present — but do not assist — to ensure safety.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Laugh Factory Chicago is crowdsourcing to assist night manager Nathan Griffin with legal funds after he was arrested Friday morning outside the comedy club.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But the unstopping competition between the big two auction houses, especially in the realm of fine art, has put extraordinary power into the hands of the people who have those things to sell.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Hundreds of protesters, who had promised to be a visible presence here and filled several sections of the arena, let out an elated, unstopping cheer.
    MONICA DAVEY and JULIE BOSMAN, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2016
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“Make way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20way. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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