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So Friday’s three-team deal was just a means to an end, with the Hawks acting as a way station for the Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes to swap blockbuster players Mikko Rantanen and Martin Nečas.
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
The Anthropic news is one more way station toward a burgeoning industry that is going to become much more important as the months go on.
—John Werner, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
The willingness of local elites to cope with the uncertainty of fully competitive politics will thus be the ultimate factor in determining whether competitive authoritarianism proves a way station in democratic development or a safe house for autocrats.
—Michael Bernhard, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2011
The problem is that this way station, in an orbit far from the lunar surface, really isn’t on the way to anywhere.
—Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2024
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
The Anthropic news is one more way station toward a burgeoning industry that is going to become much more important as the months go on.
—John Werner, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
The willingness of local elites to cope with the uncertainty of fully competitive politics will thus be the ultimate factor in determining whether competitive authoritarianism proves a way station in democratic development or a safe house for autocrats.
—Michael Bernhard, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2011
The problem is that this way station, in an orbit far from the lunar surface, really isn’t on the way to anywhere.
—Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for way station
station
Noun
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Our manager had the idea to have the local college radio station host us.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Axiom is targeting as early as 2027 for the launch of its first station module, which will initially attach to the ISS before additional modules can provide the power and life support needed for the private station to be independently operable.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
21 May 2025
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