way station
noun
1
: a station set between principal stations on a line of travel (such as a railroad)
2
: an intermediate stopping place
Examples of way station in a Sentence
a way station for truck drivers
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This was to be a way station, not a terminus; after disembarking there, immigrants would be encouraged to fan out, helping to establish Jewish communities throughout the southwestern half of the nation.
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
They were imprisoned from 1941 to 1945 at Theresienstadt, known as a way station for most there, who were eventually sent to death camps.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
The Copilot demonstration is probably an important way station on the way to making this real for a greater number of people.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
So Friday’s three-team deal was just a means to an end, with the Hawks acting as a way station for the Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes to swap blockbuster players Mikko Rantanen and Martin Nečas.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
They were imprisoned from 1941 to 1945 at Theresienstadt, known as a way station for most there, who were eventually sent to death camps.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
The Copilot demonstration is probably an important way station on the way to making this real for a greater number of people.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
So Friday’s three-team deal was just a means to an end, with the Hawks acting as a way station for the Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes to swap blockbuster players Mikko Rantanen and Martin Nečas.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for way station
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“Way station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/way%20station. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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