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the direction along which something or someone moves the long, winding pathway of the river before it meets the sea

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Recent Examples of pathway Instead of straight paths, employ a curving pathway to reveal one part of the garden at a time. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025 In contrast, 78% now favor a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Brendan Rascius july 11, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025 This research also opens the door to future research into how this pathway may influence emotional pain from social experiences like grief, loneliness, and heartbreak. New Atlas, 11 July 2025 In this case, the fire consumed west of the village towards Sierra Blanca peak, making a natural pathway for any flow of precipitation. Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pathway
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Noun
  • Moving into hurricane season, NOAA announced the Defense Department would no longer share data from key weather satellites that track hurricane paths.
    Katharine Hayhoe, Time, 10 July 2025
  • In tests at Heathrow and at Singapore Changi Airport, Aimee has helped manage ground traffic and aircraft clearance, signaling a path forward for a possible hybrid human-machine collaboration.
    Adrienne Bernhard, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Should the Red Sox go that route to add the righty, Alex Cora could be looking at a legitimate (hypothetical) postseason rotation built to contend in October.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
  • But that doesn’t mean the club would avoid going that route if the player fits.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Paille also said that urban areas could be redesigned to separate roads from footpaths.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 27 May 2025
  • Shoppers have used them to spruce up everything from driveways, footpaths, and flower beds to stairways, swimming pools, and retaining walls.
    Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • But Boone and company could not find a way to get the ball past Rath.
    Frank Rajkowski, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
  • Park Eun-bin stars as Young-woo, a rookie attorney on the autism spectrum who pairs her intelligence with a unique perspective to help her clients in novel ways.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Visitors can enjoy outdoor recreation at sites like Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Grand Island National Recreation Area and Hiawatha National Forest, including hiking trails, Munising Falls, lakefront sandy beaches, boat and kayak tours and historic lighthouses.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 7 July 2025
  • Tucked into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P. for short), this former logging community blends rich history with small-town appeal and unspoiled natural beauty, with easy access to forested trails, wildlife habitats, and quiet stretches of shoreline.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025

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“Pathway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathway. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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