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as in route
the direction along which something or someone moves
try to stay out of the path of the golf balls while playing I tripped over a rock directly in my path
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2
as in trail
a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps
a path worn through the library lawn by too many people walking over it
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as in road
an established course for traveling from one place to another
the path along which ancient traders traveled from Europe to China was known as the Silk Road
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Recent Examples of path
This approach eliminates the constant power drain typical of standard computing, clearing the path for a new generation of ultra-low-power, agile, and autonomous machines.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
Workplace cultures that allocate sustainable workloads, recognize success, and delineate a clear career path will typically see long-term employees.
—Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Once there, the path of least resistance is to use Amazon’s warehouses for everything – including the orders that come in from Shopify and Etsy.
—Patrick Van Esch, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
Better quality on the chances created is another path to breathing life into a potential comeback.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
Workplace cultures that allocate sustainable workloads, recognize success, and delineate a clear career path will typically see long-term employees.
—Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Once there, the path of least resistance is to use Amazon’s warehouses for everything – including the orders that come in from Shopify and Etsy.
—Patrick Van Esch, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
Better quality on the chances created is another path to breathing life into a potential comeback.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for path
Noun
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The area Spier is part of the Stellenbosch wine route, still considered the country’s premier wine producing region, particularly for Cabernet Sauvignon.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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The developers are adding a Double-Time Sundays, which seeks to take advantage of routes by offering more Pokemon spawns while doing the task with another boost coming from Incense.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
Noun
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There are courts for padel, pickleball, ping-pong, and tennis, and plenty of trails for ATV forest drives and guided sound-of-nature tours.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 May 2026
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Images of the bird off San Clemente were taken by Jim Serpa, who was out for a morning walk along the beach trail on May 21, when the unlikely sight caught his eye.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
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Many appear old and worn, and are vulnerable to sabotage from paramilitary groups, or an explosion involving hot, heavy crude oil, should a vehicle come off the road and hit them.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Ten minutes down the road from Thiepval, on the other side of the highway leading to today’s prosperous French border city of Amiens, lies the German war cemetery at Fricourt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Just the way his approach is getting better and better every day.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski shouted two words — the first of which didn’t appear to be fit for print — and strode off the mound, the icy expression on his face frozen in place all the way to the dugout.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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At times, the piano players in his groups would simply back off during part of Rollins’ solos, loath to risk following the twisting pathways of his improvising.—
Don Heckman,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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They're all set up along pathways emanating from the main Edwardian-style house.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
Noun
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This is also an excellent day for creative work or coming up with new approaches to medicine or something that is health-related.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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The Ukrainian approach is born of a manpower crisis, where a smaller population has been ravaged by a devastating toll from four years of Russian invasion.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Management teams, who see financial results in real time, retain full knowledge of the firm’s trajectory.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Nothing Starship accomplished on Flight 12 was particularly groundbreaking for SpaceX; the mission goals and trajectories were broadly similar to those of the previous few test missions.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
23 May 2026
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The two, who have lived at the home since 2020, received criticism after the estate’s previous owner, Sir Terence Conran, who died in 2020, reportedly allowed locals to use the private footpath.—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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RadarOnline is reporting that the youngest sister of the Princess of Wales and her husband, James Matthews, are in the middle of a dispute about a footpath running through their country estate.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
15 May 2026
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“Path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/path. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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