en route

adverb or adjective

än-ˈrüt

äⁿ(n)-ˈrüt

en-,

in-,

-ˈrau̇t

: on or along the way

he reads en route

arrived early despite en route delays

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On a third-period power play, the Panthers made Swiss cheese of the Hawks’ penalty kill en route to a Carter Verhaeghe back-door goal. —

Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025 Barges are en route to lift the large pieces of the CRJ-700 from the Potomac River on Saturday, Inman said at a briefing. —

Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025 Kirsanov was one of 60 passengers en route to the Washington, D.C. area when the collision occurred over the Potomac River around 9 p.m. Wednesday night. —

Charna Flam, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025 Most recently, Wilks served as the San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator in 2023, a unit that finished 10th in the league in defensive EPA per play and fifth in total turnovers en route to a Super Bowl berth. —

Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for en route