as in trail
a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps
found the footpath leading down into the valley
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Recent Examples of footpath
The Haudenosaunee Nation moved into the area and used the footpaths and trail systems.
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Gary Stoller, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The imperative, then, is closing those gaps, pulling hikers off those connecting routes by securing land for actual footpaths.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2024
The sky’s all-encompassing blue reached down to the shimmering — almost blinding — white snow, flowing transparently into the stream of the footpath.
—Andriy Sodomora (tr. Sabrina Jaszi & Roman Ivashkiv), The Dial, 12 Dec. 2024
India's preparation was also shrouded in mystery as confusion reined over whether media could access their training sessions, which were shut from the public supposedly because too many fans would congregate dangerously on footpaths.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Gary Stoller, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The imperative, then, is closing those gaps, pulling hikers off those connecting routes by securing land for actual footpaths.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2024
The sky’s all-encompassing blue reached down to the shimmering — almost blinding — white snow, flowing transparently into the stream of the footpath.
—Andriy Sodomora (tr. Sabrina Jaszi & Roman Ivashkiv), The Dial, 12 Dec. 2024
India's preparation was also shrouded in mystery as confusion reined over whether media could access their training sessions, which were shut from the public supposedly because too many fans would congregate dangerously on footpaths.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footpath
Noun
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The adorable dog walked across the fresh spackle, leaving a trail of paw prints behind her.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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In the inner canyon, there are no maintained or marked trails, the tourism office said, so only experienced hikers should explore those paths.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Instead of adding controls that employees bypass, design security that works with human nature—make secure paths feel faster than workarounds and use AI to suggest natural access levels.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Karim, returned home after years away, marries Fauzia; the two take in Badar, young like them but on a different socioeconomic path.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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But to exempt them, state legislators would need find them in the thicket of Medicaid programs and pathways, and the staff who know this landscape may soon be gone.—
Danilyn Rutherford,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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Hydrogen mobility is also experiencing a shift, as biogas-to-hydrogen pathways become economically viable.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Footpath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpath. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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