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as in roads
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
take Route 190 for six miles, then get off
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as in paths
an established course for traveling from one place to another
we're going to get stuck in traffic if we take the usual route
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as in guides
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front
the guide routed us smoothly through the jungle
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Recent Examples of routes
Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
Report quarterly ridership data specific to Farmers Branch, including trends at stations and on routes.
—Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 24 Jan. 2026
Travelers were forced to rebook flights, find alternate routes, or extend their stays.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
TEXRail has shifted its schedule to operate hourly and several of the bus routes are operating on winter weather detours.
—Star-Telegram Staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
However, overall, Pimblett has more routes to victory, especially if the UFC 324 matchup reaches the championship rounds.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Moscow has rebuilt Cold War-era bases, expanded Arctic military infrastructure, deployed advanced missile systems, and asserted control over polar shipping routes.
—Paul McCarthy, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
The initiative organizes volunteers, both locals and visitors, on the two Saturdays and Sundays before Fat Tuesday to gather the thousands of cans—as much as 10,000 pounds worth—discarded along the parade routes.
—Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
There are two 12-mile routes that guests can choose from.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
This underwater infrastructure quietly routes 95-99% of internet traffic, depending on the estimate, and are both complex to install and critical to the functioning of the web.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Our ReturnsDirect solution routes items directly from the customer to nonprofit, skipping the warehouse and eliminating the costs associated with that end of the supply chain.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
The web page now routes users to the university’s Center for Connection Culture.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025
LanzaTech’s process routes industrial gases into special bioreactors containing anaerobic bacteria which consume carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen and produce ethanol, using a fermentation process similar to that of yeast.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Consumption is up 30% this year, with passengers on the London, Paris, Sydney, and Moscow routes the biggest consumers.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The new semiconductor design instantly routes dangerous currents away, preventing the explosive electrical arcs that can occur when mechanical breakers fail on DC lines.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
City officials are urging people who do not need to park on city streets to move their cars, and to move them off of snow emergency routes.
—Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
Report quarterly ridership data specific to Farmers Branch, including trends at stations and on routes.
—Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 24 Jan. 2026
Travelers were forced to rebook flights, find alternate routes, or extend their stays.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
TEXRail has shifted its schedule to operate hourly and several of the bus routes are operating on winter weather detours.
—Star-Telegram Staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
However, overall, Pimblett has more routes to victory, especially if the UFC 324 matchup reaches the championship rounds.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Moscow has rebuilt Cold War-era bases, expanded Arctic military infrastructure, deployed advanced missile systems, and asserted control over polar shipping routes.
—Paul McCarthy, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
The initiative organizes volunteers, both locals and visitors, on the two Saturdays and Sundays before Fat Tuesday to gather the thousands of cans—as much as 10,000 pounds worth—discarded along the parade routes.
—Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
There are two 12-mile routes that guests can choose from.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
How Phantom Shuttle steals your data Socket researchers say Phantom Shuttle routes all your web traffic through proxy servers controlled by the attacker.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
This underwater infrastructure quietly routes 95-99% of internet traffic, depending on the estimate, and are both complex to install and critical to the functioning of the web.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Our ReturnsDirect solution routes items directly from the customer to nonprofit, skipping the warehouse and eliminating the costs associated with that end of the supply chain.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
The web page now routes users to the university’s Center for Connection Culture.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025
LanzaTech’s process routes industrial gases into special bioreactors containing anaerobic bacteria which consume carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen and produce ethanol, using a fermentation process similar to that of yeast.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Consumption is up 30% this year, with passengers on the London, Paris, Sydney, and Moscow routes the biggest consumers.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The new semiconductor design instantly routes dangerous currents away, preventing the explosive electrical arcs that can occur when mechanical breakers fail on DC lines.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for routes
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Very cold air already in place will allow snow to accumulate quickly across the region, sticking to roads, bridges and untreated surfaces with little melting.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Some North Texas roads may still be hazardous into Thursday morning’s commute, even after ice melting Wednesday, officials with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2026
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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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The shift toward burden-sharing is showing up in other ways.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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There were two ways to hunt for a colonial Spanish shipwreck in the Americas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The company now guides 2026 capital expenditures, including finance leases, of roughly $115–$135 billion, placing it among the largest single-year capex spenders in the AI and hyperscaler universe.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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That same human centric values-first posture guides how Ingka evaluates partners.—
Keith Ferrazzi,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Most highways close to Baltimore were down to bare pavement Monday, but some Western Maryland roadways were still covered in snow.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Traveling by car along the highways that succeeded Route 66 still presents a deadly hazard — much more dangerous than need be.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Psychologists doing research can use these AI personas to perform scientific experiments about the efficacy of mental health methodologies and approaches.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Instead, our hope is to provide a computational architecture for allocating resources and improving responses that also serves as a first step toward more sophisticated approaches for full artificial metacognition.—
Ricky J. Sethi,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Receptors help regulate biological pathways involved in processes such as inflammation, metabolism and cell protection.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Researchers examined potential insider actions, such as leaving access hatches open or deliberately blocking cooling pathways.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The lifestyle and luxury executive, who joined Trudon in March 2025, also steers the creative strategy of its sister company Carrière Frères, a French interior fragrance brand.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Toyota steers through rough terrain Economic uncertainty and inflation made 2025 a tough year for new-car sales.—
Matthew Heimer,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Routes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/routes. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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