en route
adverb or adjective
än-ˈrüt 
äⁿ(n)-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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Jonathan Williams, Senior G, Mansfield Timberview Williams stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per contest en route to TABC all-state honors.
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Charles Baggarly
april 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
Thousands of troops are headed for the region; a third aircraft carrier is en route; and the Pentagon is committing nearly its entire inventory of stealthy JASSM-ER cruise missiles to the Mideast.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
The mission was designed to orbit and then land on the moon, but one of its oxygen tanks exploded en route, nixing that plan.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The Wolverines finished third in league play behind conference champion Indiana and second-place Illinois, both of which swept the Wolverines and accounted for four of Michigan's six conference losses en route to a 24-7 regular season mark.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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Charles Baggarly
april 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
Thousands of troops are headed for the region; a third aircraft carrier is en route; and the Pentagon is committing nearly its entire inventory of stealthy JASSM-ER cruise missiles to the Mideast.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
The mission was designed to orbit and then land on the moon, but one of its oxygen tanks exploded en route, nixing that plan.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The Wolverines finished third in league play behind conference champion Indiana and second-place Illinois, both of which swept the Wolverines and accounted for four of Michigan's six conference losses en route to a 24-7 regular season mark.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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“En route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20route. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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