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An investigation by the Chicago Tribune found that immigration detainees such as Chavez have been held for days at the processing center, a two-story building that is designed as a temporary way station until detainees can be transferred to jails out of state.
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Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
The gateway to the French Riviera, the city has long been dismissed as a way station to smaller resort towns, the erstwhile stomping grounds of Matisse, Chagall, Baldwin, and Fitzgerald.
—Sloane Crosley, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Detectives also confirmed the missing man’s vehicle traveled through a way station on I-80 on June 21, at 3:21 p.m., local time.
—David Chiu, People.com, 3 July 2025
The account falsely opened in Middlesex’s name, and many others like it, are way stations in a sophisticated multistep money laundering process that transports cash from U.S. scam victims to crime syndicate bosses in Asia.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
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Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
The gateway to the French Riviera, the city has long been dismissed as a way station to smaller resort towns, the erstwhile stomping grounds of Matisse, Chagall, Baldwin, and Fitzgerald.
—Sloane Crosley, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Detectives also confirmed the missing man’s vehicle traveled through a way station on I-80 on June 21, at 3:21 p.m., local time.
—David Chiu, People.com, 3 July 2025
The account falsely opened in Middlesex’s name, and many others like it, are way stations in a sophisticated multistep money laundering process that transports cash from U.S. scam victims to crime syndicate bosses in Asia.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for way station
station
Noun
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Jacksonville can count on several military facilities, including naval stations and a submarine base, and Washington is, of course, home to the Pentagon.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The system works seamlessly with both analog and digital FPV stations, ensuring real-time video transmission and night operation capabilities.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Way station.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/way%20station. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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