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a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps
we parked our car near a rambling pathway that led down to the pond
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Recent Examples of pathways
Food noise stems from the intersection multiple biological systems such as hormones, blood sugar regulation, dopamine pathways and psychological processes.
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Alora Bopray, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and city agencies continue to prioritize unit production over ownership pathways.
—Izabela Engel, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2026
Homeboy Industries serves more than 10,000 people annually and operates a network of social enterprises aimed at providing employment pathways.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
To tease this out, researchers are trying to chart which anti-inflammatory pathways the drugs might activate.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 27 Apr. 2026
The project team plans to explore several application pathways that could increase hydrogen adoption.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
Calendula prefers mild temperatures and full sun, but often works well along pathways as a vibrant alternative to daisies.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 26 Apr. 2026
Right now, Frontierland feels less like the Wild, Wild West to many and more like a construction zone — with walls, detours and shifting pathways, the blogs reported.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Bridge work The Thorn Creek Woods pedestrian bridge was once the gateway to nearly 3 miles of pathways through the 1,000-plus acres on Monee Road.
—Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Alora Bopray, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and city agencies continue to prioritize unit production over ownership pathways.
—Izabela Engel, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2026
Homeboy Industries serves more than 10,000 people annually and operates a network of social enterprises aimed at providing employment pathways.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
To tease this out, researchers are trying to chart which anti-inflammatory pathways the drugs might activate.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 27 Apr. 2026
The project team plans to explore several application pathways that could increase hydrogen adoption.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
Calendula prefers mild temperatures and full sun, but often works well along pathways as a vibrant alternative to daisies.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 26 Apr. 2026
Right now, Frontierland feels less like the Wild, Wild West to many and more like a construction zone — with walls, detours and shifting pathways, the blogs reported.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Bridge work The Thorn Creek Woods pedestrian bridge was once the gateway to nearly 3 miles of pathways through the 1,000-plus acres on Monee Road.
—Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathways
Noun
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With its winding paths, extensive planting, and choreographed vistas offering views of four states, Olana is a sort of Gesamtkunstwerk to which Church devoted the final decades of his career.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Many of those paths lead to warfare.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Receivers Mikey Matthews for white and Landon Ellis for blue scored the other two touchdowns on red zone crossing routes.—
Sean Campbell,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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Airlines have been adding flights since Spirit’s bankruptcy filing last year on some of its routes and at major airports.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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Once complete, the 34-acre site north of College Boulevard and west of State Line Road will eventually be home to restaurants, a luxury hotel, retail space, child care facilities, connector trails to City Park, multifamily housing and additional office space.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2026
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The Los Angeles City Council on Friday requested the creation of an ordinance aimed at banning electric bikes from being used on bicycle paths, equestrian and hiking trails.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
2 May 2026
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There are ways of using social media as just a private photo album or a diary, but it is designed to be public and for content to spread beyond its context.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Subway has launched a new value menu with more than 15 entrees under $5, offering more protein-forward meals at a time when cost-conscious customers are craving ways to get the most bang for their buck.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Narrow cobblestone laneways, pastel-hued shops, and footpaths meandering past stone houses with tiny backyard vineyards—and hardly other tourists in sight—lend a sense of discovery to daily strolls on this side of the lake.—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
1 May 2026
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Just south of downtown San Jose, about 100 people live on the banks of Coyote Creek, where footpaths and improvised bridges connect a community of tents and wooden shacks — the city’s last sprawling homeless encampment.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Community colleges and regional universities open doors to millions each year, offering affordable pathways to careers and degrees that change family trajectories for generations.—
Ed Smith-Lewis,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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There have also been reverse trajectories.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Pathways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathways. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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