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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
His work focuses on expanding access, strengthening global engagement, and creating practical pathways that can help institutions connect with learners across borders.
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Jason Phillips, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
Federal officials said the refugee review is part of a broader push to tighten legal immigration pathways and ensure that prior approvals granted during the Biden administration meet updated national security and public safety standards.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
The nanoscale structure allows electrons to travel through interconnected pathways rather than across flat surfaces.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
Expect more deliberate reliance on recovery support partners, proactive monitoring, and simplified patient pathways.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
This three-year process, just recently completed, creates seamless, debt-free pathways from school to high-paying jobs, with or without college experience.
—Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
How Fish Oil May Lower Blood Pressure Omega-3s appear to work through several potential pathways.
—Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2026
His players are not scoping out brackets and pathways.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
But Miller has continued to push not just for the deportation of people in the country illegally but also for narrowing or closing legal immigration pathways, especially for people from poor, not-majority-white, non-Christian nations.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Jason Phillips, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
Federal officials said the refugee review is part of a broader push to tighten legal immigration pathways and ensure that prior approvals granted during the Biden administration meet updated national security and public safety standards.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
The nanoscale structure allows electrons to travel through interconnected pathways rather than across flat surfaces.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
Expect more deliberate reliance on recovery support partners, proactive monitoring, and simplified patient pathways.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
This three-year process, just recently completed, creates seamless, debt-free pathways from school to high-paying jobs, with or without college experience.
—Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
How Fish Oil May Lower Blood Pressure Omega-3s appear to work through several potential pathways.
—Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2026
His players are not scoping out brackets and pathways.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
But Miller has continued to push not just for the deportation of people in the country illegally but also for narrowing or closing legal immigration pathways, especially for people from poor, not-majority-white, non-Christian nations.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathways
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This signature Aayush hydrothermal experience blends contrast pools, saunas, reflexology paths, and salt rooms into a restorative circuit.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Manhattan’s urban grid disappears among the winding paths and dense foliage of Central Park.—
Katie James Watkinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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As centralized authority weakens, those actors could exploit the vacuum, expanding control over territory and smuggling routes.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Apprenticeships — a combination of work experience and classroom learning — are one of the few routes to a high-paying job without a college degree or the debt that often comes with higher education.—
Claire Rafford,
IndyStar,
6 Jan. 2026
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For those who don't want to hike with a medical kit, this can be easily stowed in a vehicle to provide access, whether on the trails or on the road.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
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Endurance junkies have their pick of trails.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside,
7 Jan. 2026
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Wellington, New Zealand AP — There are easier ways to cross an ocean, but few are as slick or stylish as the remora’s whale-surfing joyride.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Electric vehicles have accelerated the search for more efficient and affordable ways to power next-generation transport.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Parsons signed its phase-two development deal with Diriyah Company in October, to oversee work on new streets, footpaths, civic buildings, open spaces, and a series of neighborhood parks.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
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Both footpaths have been on Carlsbad’s master trails map for years.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
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These resources include 10 trillion language training tokens, 500,000 robotics trajectories, 455,000 protein structures, and 100 terabytes of vehicle sensor data.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Jan. 2026
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From her former high school English students who said my mom had transformed the trajectories of their lives.—
Lauren DePino,
CNN Money,
4 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Pathways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathways. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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