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as in roads
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
the town honored the local sports hero by naming after him a short way connecting two shopping centers
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as in habits
a usual manner of behaving or doing
she's set in her ways and is not about to change
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as in paths
an established course for traveling from one place to another
took the regular way to work
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as in tendencies
an established pattern of behavior
that's just his way, so pay him no mind
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as in methods
the means or procedure for doing something
figured out the best way to accomplish the task
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as in options
the power, right, or opportunity to choose
have it your way
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as in distances
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
it's just a little way down the road
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Recent Examples of ways
The shift toward burden-sharing is showing up in other ways.
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Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
There were two ways to hunt for a colonial Spanish shipwreck in the Americas.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Eating seasonally and locally, reducing food waste, conserving water, reducing plastic use and recycling properly are other ways to help mitigate, or deal with the effects of, the climate crisis.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
But there are simple ways to prevent this.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 27 Jan. 2026
Anna Spitznagel, who co-founded the company the prior year, said Trail and Mozilla are exploring ways to collaborate more closely, like by building an open-source framework.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
There are a couple of ways to think about it.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 27 Jan. 2026
There are more robust ways to do so.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
People who’ve got incredible ways of using their body to become these very unsettling creatures.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
There were two ways to hunt for a colonial Spanish shipwreck in the Americas.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Eating seasonally and locally, reducing food waste, conserving water, reducing plastic use and recycling properly are other ways to help mitigate, or deal with the effects of, the climate crisis.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
But there are simple ways to prevent this.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 27 Jan. 2026
Anna Spitznagel, who co-founded the company the prior year, said Trail and Mozilla are exploring ways to collaborate more closely, like by building an open-source framework.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
There are a couple of ways to think about it.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 27 Jan. 2026
There are more robust ways to do so.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
People who’ve got incredible ways of using their body to become these very unsettling creatures.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ways
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The spot is a few blocks west of the busy intersection of Nordahl and West Mission roads near state Route 78.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Bell said his crews cover about 75 miles of roads and alleyways.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The researchers concluded prevention efforts should focus on improving lifestyle habits when spending more time awake at night.—
Dr. Joseph Wendt,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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For electric vehicles, AI will optimize battery health, charging behavior, and energy usage based on driving habits and environmental conditions.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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This signature Aayush hydrothermal experience blends contrast pools, saunas, reflexology paths, and salt rooms into a restorative circuit.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Manhattan’s urban grid disappears among the winding paths and dense foliage of Central Park.—
Katie James Watkinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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True to career tendencies, Cronenworth began 2025 on a tear only to slow as the season wore on.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Yet the fact that fascistic tendencies are stirring doesn’t mean fascism has taken hold.—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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City officials are urging people who do not need to park on city streets to move their cars, and to move them off of snow emergency routes.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Report quarterly ridership data specific to Farmers Branch, including trends at stations and on routes.—
Lilly Kersh,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Unlike classical supercomputers, which excel at simulations and data-heavy tasks, quantum computers operate on fundamentally different principles, enabling new approaches to solving problems that are considered impractical using traditional computing methods.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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There’s a substantial potential market for other methods.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Accessible rooms have mobility features like doorways that provide 32 inches of clear width, assistive listening devices, TTY, and closed captioning or closed caption decoders for TVs.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Avoid doorways and do not run outside.—
Sam Morgen,
USA Today,
19 Jan. 2026
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That’s it; those options represent the full suite of possibilities that are consistent with dark matter.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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Flexible hours or remote work options might be worth more than a modest salary increase.—
Kwame Christian Esq,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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