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as in route
the direction along which something or someone moves
try to stay out of the path of the golf balls while playing I tripped over a rock directly in my path
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as in trail
a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps
a path worn through the library lawn by too many people walking over it
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as in road
an established course for traveling from one place to another
the path along which ancient traders traveled from Europe to China was known as the Silk Road
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Recent Examples of path
The Broncos are falling out of any at-large-berth conversation and into the territory where their only path to March Madness is a Mountain West Tournament championship.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2025
The Best Kids Books of 2024: Great Reads Including Books on Wicked and Taylor Swift
The author particularly wants to empower kids whose journey may follow an unexpected path, just like his own.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
This season, Kansas City went 15-2 and earned the No. 1 seed in the AFC and a first-round bye and an easier path to the Super Bowl than Buffalo.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
The majority of this 4.9-mile path is burned, outside of the last 0.55 miles that ends at Trippet Ranch.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2025
The Best Kids Books of 2024: Great Reads Including Books on Wicked and Taylor Swift
The author particularly wants to empower kids whose journey may follow an unexpected path, just like his own.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
This season, Kansas City went 15-2 and earned the No. 1 seed in the AFC and a first-round bye and an easier path to the Super Bowl than Buffalo.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
The majority of this 4.9-mile path is burned, outside of the last 0.55 miles that ends at Trippet Ranch.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for path
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Families being told to abandon their cars on evacuation routes to flee on foot and convalescent home residents being pushed down the street in wheelchairs as hot embers fly around them are scenes usually witnessed only in the movies.—
Caitlin Clarkson Pereira,
Hartford Courant,
24 Jan. 2025
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City planner Nathan Koster told the council that more property owners along the route were open to recurring or regular closures of the intersection.—
Kyle Stokes,
Axios,
23 Jan. 2025
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Videos captured a giant red-orange fireball, followed by an eerie trail of smoke and burning debris.—
Ray Sanchez and Chelsea Bailey,
CNN,
1 Feb. 2025
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The largest of the seven cabins currently houses a gym, with other amenities including a pair of hot tubs, ponds, and hiking and cross-country ski trails throughout the estate.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
31 Jan. 2025
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What To Know The advisory warned that road conditions could become hazardous, particularly during peak travel hours on Wednesday.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Mayor vetoes measure increasing borrowing by $4 million for additional road repairs Johnson vetoed in full a measure that would borrow an additional $4 million to fund improvements to an additional 30 lane miles of roadway.—
Alison Dirr,
Journal Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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In a similar way, San Diego felt terror and disbelief when wildfires began in Los Angeles on Jan. 7.—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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Undeniably, the Trump administration inherits a region that looks dramatically different—in a way that favors U.S. interests—from the one that Donald Trump left in 2021.—
Andrew Exum,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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The edgy Portland Art Museum will unveil major renovations later this year, including an interactive experience and intuitive user pathways.—
Amanda Calnan Vowels,
AFAR Media,
30 Jan. 2025
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However, many of the people who came to the U.S. using those legal pathways could also be at risk of deportation, because of other actions the Trump administration has taken.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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When asked if any particular person has helped shape his approach to storytelling, the actor cited the indie filmmaker Steven Soderbergh.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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During the warm months of the long Southern California dry season, houses relied on a haphazard approach to passive cooling.—
Richard Olsen,
Forbes,
26 Jan. 2025
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Recent research and workplace studies have revealed several key factors that contribute to this broken rung, creating a compound effect that impacts women's entire career trajectory.—
Kara Dennison, SPHR, CPRW, EC,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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If his career trajectory stays on its current path, the 29-year-old would put his name in the GOAT (greatest of all time) conversation.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
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There are no cars or even roads on the two-square-mile volcanic outcrop, though footpaths are traversable by donkey.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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Travelers can fly into Kahului Airport on a major airline and then drive two to four hours along the 64.6-mile-long Road to Hana, built in 1926 when there were only narrow footpaths and horseback riding trails.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
15 Dec. 2024
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