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pathways

noun

plural of pathway

as in paths

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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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 pathways Uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing are the two main pathways to create the core material necessary to build nuclear weapons. — Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026 This significant transaction, announced Wednesday, marks the first transfer since IndyCar's Charter System began in late 2024, proving its intended purpose of creating team value and clear entry pathways. — Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 These three sequential pathways may sound confusing, but the slapdash way Trump has enacted tariffs under these three pathways have led to no shortage of head-spinning confusion. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 22 July 2026 Wheelhouse and the Village Community Foundation achieved lift-off for LaunchPad, an initiative designed to open more pathways to careers in entertainment, sports and investing for students and young adults from underserved communities. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026 Lightning can follow conductive pathways, and these precautions reduce the risk of electrical surges. — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 14 July 2026 Some of these pathways include Hollywood High School New Media Academy, Huntington Park Institute for Applied Medicine, and Global Media Studies Magnet at Cleveland Charter High School. — Francesca Pinney, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 Callback verification, provenance-aware media handling, and new escalation pathways add steps to already burdened clinical workflows, and many health systems will not have the IT infrastructure to implement them seamlessly. — Henry Bair, STAT, 14 July 2026

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Taking care of their own Across Hill Country, the floodwaters carved different paths of destruction.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
When done well, this can create room for people to move up the value chain, but only if organizations intentionally redesign roles, performance metrics, and career paths around this new reality.

— Nigel Vaz, Time, 20 July 2026

Definition of paths

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Bab al-Mandab, which translates as the Gate of Tears, is located at the southern end of the Red Sea and is a critical gateway to the Suez Canal, linking Europe and Asia through one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Dipping up and down between mountains and villages, the path takes walkers along Edo-period highways, old mining roads, and ancient routes used for shugendo, Japanese spiritual tradition involving ascetic training on mountain pilgrimages.

— Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026

Definition of routes

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However, there are plenty of boat routes, hiking paths, biking trails and auto tours in different parts of the swamp.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
The outdoorsy traveler hiking the gorges in Crete or the trails in Andros should bring a pair of sturdy shoes, a hat for sun protection, and tons of SPF.

— Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 27 July 2026

Definition of trails

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According to the National Park Service, the footpaths through the forested ridgetops of Pennsylvania are among the most popular.

— Idra Novey, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
Eschewing fences and pavement in favor of natural footpaths lined with brambles and shrubs, these slender pathways provide epic sea views while leaving the ancestral homes of other animals intact.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026

Definition of footpaths

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To trace the path of linguistic diversity from that moment to the present, Blasi’s team computationally modeled thousands of possible trajectories.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
For now, both Miller and Morejon — two trade chips who could alter the trajectories of multiple teams — remain with the Padres.

— Dennis Lin, New York Times, 23 July 2026

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