1
2
as in with
using the means or agency of
contacted her via telephone
Synonyms & Similar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of via
Mark Wahlberg executive produces the series alongside Archie Gips and Stephen Levinson via their Unrealistic Ideas banner.
—
Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
Get weather and fire alerts via text:Sign up to get current wildfire updates by location
Hughes Fire expands: 'The situation remains dynamic'
According to Cal Fire, the Hughes Fire had grown to more than 10,000 acres with 14% containment.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Turns out that generative AI can appear to be empathetic via computational wordsmithing, see my discussion at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Councilmembers have increasingly voiced their disgust at comments — both in person and via phone — that are racist, sexist, homophobic or antisemitic.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for via 
Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
Get weather and fire alerts via text:Sign up to get current wildfire updates by location
Hughes Fire expands: 'The situation remains dynamic'
According to Cal Fire, the Hughes Fire had grown to more than 10,000 acres with 14% containment.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Turns out that generative AI can appear to be empathetic via computational wordsmithing, see my discussion at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Councilmembers have increasingly voiced their disgust at comments — both in person and via phone — that are racist, sexist, homophobic or antisemitic.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for via
Recent Examples of Synonyms for via
Preposition
-
During the previous effort, squalid and fetid camps grew on the border and were marred by gang violence.—
Bill Barrow,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
-
But many parts of the U.S. economy, such as construction and agriculture, are staffed by undocumented immigrants, who take on jobs undesirable to residents.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
Preposition
-
After a period in a refugee camp, with Israeli soldiers deeming land deeds invalid, the narrative jumps to 1978, to a territory populated by Palestinians crammed in modest quarters, without citrus trees and with regular curfews.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
-
After his release from prison, Lapointe began suffering from dementia, was placed in a nursing home in East Hartford and died after a battle with COVID-19, according to his lawyers.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
Preposition
-
To reach the elevator to the seventh floor, kids and parents pass through an unadorned space where the church distributes items from its food pantry.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
-
Palmer and her stylist, Zoe Costello, scoured fashion old and new for her press tour, blazing through everything from vintage John Galliano-era Dior to brand-new Schiaparelli.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
18 Jan. 2025
Preposition
-
Mississippi became the first state in the southeastern U.S. to confirm CWD in its wild deer in 2018, and the disease has spread to six other states in the region since then, most recently in North Carolina.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
24 Jan. 2025
-
Another student was wounded when he was grazed in the arm.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
24 Jan. 2025
Thesaurus Entries Near via
Cite this Entry
“Via.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/via. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share