1
as in overcoming
to defeat by a large margin
as expected, the professional team had no trouble routing the amateurs
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2
as in ejecting
to drive or force out
the nation's ground and air forces quickly routed the would-be invaders
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as in steering
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 routing
PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Master administrative tasks like routing prior authorizations before attempting clinical decision support.
—Dhanya Shah, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Idle capacity has stayed below 1 percent for the past 18 months, Destriau said, noting that routing around southern Africa’s Cape of Good Hope continues to absorb substantial capacity.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 Aug. 2025
By 1996, American Airlines got rid of its base in Nashville, ditched the London flight and stopped routing connecting flights through BNA.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
But Russia has adapted, re-routing its barrels of oil to alternate customers, like India and China.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has said Swiss firms cannot pass off goods as Liechtensteiner by routing them through the principality because they would still be recognized as Swiss in origin.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Instead of routing your traffic through a single server, your data travels through a secondary server to further obfuscate your activity.
—PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Master administrative tasks like routing prior authorizations before attempting clinical decision support.
—Dhanya Shah, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Idle capacity has stayed below 1 percent for the past 18 months, Destriau said, noting that routing around southern Africa’s Cape of Good Hope continues to absorb substantial capacity.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 Aug. 2025
By 1996, American Airlines got rid of its base in Nashville, ditched the London flight and stopped routing connecting flights through BNA.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
But Russia has adapted, re-routing its barrels of oil to alternate customers, like India and China.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has said Swiss firms cannot pass off goods as Liechtensteiner by routing them through the principality because they would still be recognized as Swiss in origin.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Routing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/routing. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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