How to Use pave the way for (something or someone) in a Sentence

pave the way for (something or someone)

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  • The process could pave the way for the brothers to be retried, resentenced to a lesser prison term or released from custody.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Their finding would pave the way for further exoplanet research and discoveries.
    The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2024
  • This tapering often signals the market is running out of sellers, which can pave the way for a recovery as buyers start to see value at these lower levels.
    Gurufocus, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Spotify’s upcoming product roadmap could pave the way for eventual long-term growth of around 20%.
    Lisa Kailai Han,fred Imbert, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
  • But their success in the House could pave the way for even stronger regulatory moves in the next Congress, Singleton said.
    Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024
  • The move would pave the way for a floor vote in the House to hold Zwonitzer in contempt.
    Rachel Scott, ABC News, 25 June 2024
  • Heat waves in the summer pave the way for wildfires in the fall.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • That would pave the way for the league to move on expansion.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • This would help pave the way for a human mission to Mars.
    Mackenzie McCarty, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The talks pave the way for a possible Biden-Xi meeting.
    Niki Kitsantonis Sheera Frenkel Eric Lipton David Pierson, New York Times, 20 June 2023
  • His talks could pave the way for a meeting in the coming months between Biden and Xi.
    Matthew Lee, ajc, 19 June 2023
  • The special session starts with hearings this week on a bill to pave the way for the reserve.
    Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Money—having it, that is—can pave the way for just about anything.
    Sophie Strosberg, Parents, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The 10-day mission is designed to pave the way for Artemis III to land two crew on the lunar surface—again close to the south pole.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • But the months of talks that led up to the deal could pave the way for future negotiations.
    Susannah George, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
  • And there was some hope at the time among the filmmakers that the exposure might help pave the way for a follow-up.
    Lawrence Specker | , al, 28 Mar. 2023
  • But Dior claims their new research board may pave the way for products to turn back the clock so the skin stays more youthful for longer.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 6 Apr. 2023
  • That could help to pave the way for inflation to cool, many economists think.
    Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Of course, that also helped pave the way for endorsement deals, concerts, and more.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Still, the delay in striking the deal could pave the way for a brief lapse in government funding over the weekend.
    Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Those steps have helped pave the way for the agreement and commitments to be announced Friday.
    Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The Grammy winner told Roberts that the hip-hop luminary helped pave the way for her career.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • And in families, each generation helps pave the way for the next one.
    Pam Windsor, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The old-school details pave the way for a meal that revels in French tradition rather than fireworks.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The warm water encourages blood flow to soothe sore spots and relax the nervous system to pave the way for sleep.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Bankers say a flourishing follow-on market will pave the way for IPOs.
    Corrie Driebusch, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The dynamic could pave the way for the first overhaul of the U.S. immigration system since 1996.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • So how can the wild success of The Eras Tour pave the way for smaller artists looking to maximize the impact of their journeys?
    Howard Murphy, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
  • These two do well with helping the other achieve their goals, get into the right routines, and pave the way for a bright and happy future.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The clearance could pave the way for brain injury testing in non-healthcare settings, like on the sidelines of sporting events.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2024

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