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way station

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as in station

a regular stopping place a way station for truck drivers

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Recent Examples of way station Manhattan was but a way station. — Mark Rozzo, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026 The hotel is just a way station, though. — ABC News, 28 May 2026 Many see Jordan as a way station to permanent resettlement in Canada, the United States, or Europe, where the economic opportunities are better. — Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 His songs were a balmy way station. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for way station

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To reach the quarterfinals in New York, Zheng had to accept her newfound station in tennis — not to abandon her confidence for the sake of humility, but to combine her natural self-belief with acceptance of her reality and a new perspective.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Brent crude oil prices paused in early trading on Tuesday after gaining in the previous session following a drone attack on an oil pipeline pumping station in Russia that reduced flows from Kazakhstan.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

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