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the direction along which something or someone moves the long, winding pathway of the river before it meets the sea

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Recent Examples of pathway But those countries have conditioned their assistance on a pathway to a Palestinian state in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war. Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025 Supervising Attorney Justin Tucker and staff attorneys from Legal Aid of North Carolina spoke to some tenants about potential legal pathways available to them at a tenants’ meeting on Sunday, Nov. 17, in the hotel’s parking lot. Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025 By enabling refined dexterous control through enhanced sensory feedback, this research opens new pathways for individuals with upper limb loss to engage in complex tasks traditionally deemed impossible with current prosthetics. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025 Split by the Boise Centre, Grove Street then pops out onto Boise’s historic Basque Block and runs to the Ada County Courthouse — where there are plans to build a new pathway to Broadway Avenue and Dona Larsen Park. Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pathway 
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Noun
  • In the landscape of a story, fact checkers’ trails can often be followed along a path of hedges and denials, but an elegant fix may render the footwork behind it invisible.
    Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Like most industries, travel is becoming increasingly digital, with consumers using AI, apps and numerous other tools along the path to purchase.
    Kurt Weinsheimer, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On this journey, guests will see the Taj Mahal at sunrise, explore the temples in northern Rajasthan, and sail with Silversea from Singapore to Delhi, visiting eight ports and five countries along the spice route.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The city will run its Friday, Jan. 10 routes on Saturday, Jan. 11, according to a page on the city’s website.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Haudenosaunee Nation moved into the area and used the footpaths and trail systems.
    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
Noun
  • Self-Regulation People with RSD have reported various ways to self-manage their symptoms, and better respond to rejection.
    Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Begin by clamping at the root and work your way down the hair shaft in one-to-two-inch sections, holding each for just a few seconds, to achieve the look.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The worker shortage due to the strike, along with light early season snowfall, meant that only 50 of 350 trails were open between Christmas and New Year’s—the busiest week of the ski season.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • As of Monday, only 104 of 350 trails and 26 of 41 lifts were open, according to the resort's .
    Shannon McDonagh, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Pathway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathway. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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