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
Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Mitsubishi further supports the Elevance's natural road-tripping spirit with an AI Co-Driver system that analyzes road conditions, provides re-routing advice and offers destination suggestions based on the owner's likes and hobbies.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
The issue, which Microsoft linked to its global content delivery system, has exposed the scale of dependence on the company’s traffic-routing backbone.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Erickson said that Russia has demonstrated an ability to adapt to sanctions, particularly through its shadow fleet and complex re-routing networks and so the real test will be whether this limits Moscow's capacity to monetize crude in the future.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
No one has taken responsibility for directing Medicaid contractor Centene to give $10 million of a $67 million legal settlement to the Hope Florida Foundation and routing the money to nonprofits, which gave nearly all of it to a political committee.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
For example, one key part of the plan was routing that allowed for travel by bus instead of constant flights.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Updates to the par 71 course include re-routing the infrastructure of the course, relocation of putting greens, additional parking spaces and irrigation improvements, according to the city.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025
Dynamo is an open-source inference framework for planning and routing AI workloads in the data center, essentially an data center workload orchestrator.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Chinese solar manufacturers have also been caught illegally routing their products through Cambodia.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Mitsubishi further supports the Elevance's natural road-tripping spirit with an AI Co-Driver system that analyzes road conditions, provides re-routing advice and offers destination suggestions based on the owner's likes and hobbies.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
The issue, which Microsoft linked to its global content delivery system, has exposed the scale of dependence on the company’s traffic-routing backbone.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Erickson said that Russia has demonstrated an ability to adapt to sanctions, particularly through its shadow fleet and complex re-routing networks and so the real test will be whether this limits Moscow's capacity to monetize crude in the future.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
No one has taken responsibility for directing Medicaid contractor Centene to give $10 million of a $67 million legal settlement to the Hope Florida Foundation and routing the money to nonprofits, which gave nearly all of it to a political committee.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
For example, one key part of the plan was routing that allowed for travel by bus instead of constant flights.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Updates to the par 71 course include re-routing the infrastructure of the course, relocation of putting greens, additional parking spaces and irrigation improvements, according to the city.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025
Dynamo is an open-source inference framework for planning and routing AI workloads in the data center, essentially an data center workload orchestrator.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Routing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/routing. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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