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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
In these situations, planning is king, which means having a pre-planned route to the final destination in order to avoid traffic snarls, McGlaun suggested.
—Vanessa Romo, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
Also on the to-do list: improving how the KU receivers run routes when the quarterback might be on the move.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
This will be an addition to routes for Thursdays and Sundays beginning in early May at the airport in Cabarrus County, just northeast of Charlotte.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2024
The announcement of additional aid routes hours later met some but not all of Mr. Biden’s demands.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The new flight route begins next month on May 3 just in time for Memorial Day holiday weekend and the summer travel season.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2024
The turtle experts picked Jekyll Island, Georgia, as the release location because ocean waters at any point north are not yet warm enough for the turtles and that is likely where these turtles would be in their migration route, Overmeyer said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
And of course, there's always the risk that weather could cause route changes or delays.
—Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2024
David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Today over 90% of prescriptions now are routed electronically between doctors and pharmacies via its national e-prescribing platform.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The hiker used his phone’s SOS feature to reach out to satellites that then routed the call through Douglas County Sheriff’s Office dispatch, which reached out to search and rescue, Arnett told 9News.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
That article found that the company resisted calls to rein in fraud and skimped on employee training as more than $1 billion in consumer fraud losses were routed through Walmart’s financial systems over the past decade.
—Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2024
McCain’s campaign routed the money to the institute even as the Republican National Committee, a potential recipient, had about $11 million in debt and as then-nominee Mitt Romney challenged President Barack Obama.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
The men in pink were routed 4-0 on a frigid, rainy afternoon.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024
If a person is reported as being a danger to themselves or others, that call is usually routed to police before the fire department, Schieck said.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024
For instance, someone based in Los Angeles who has a cell phone number with a New York area code would be routed to a crisis call center in New York.
—Mira Cheng, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Noun
Middle English rute, route, borrowed from Anglo-French rute, going back to Vulgar Latin *rupta (short for *rupta via, literally, "broken way, forced passage," after Latin viam rumpere "to force a passage"), from feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere "to break, burst," going back to Indo-European *ru-n-p-, nasal present formation from the base *reu̯p- "break, tear" — more at reave
Verb
derivative of route entry 1
Noun
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/route. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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