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as in overcoming
to defeat by a large margin
as expected, the professional team had no trouble routing the amateurs
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2
as in ejecting
to drive or force out
the nation's ground and air forces quickly routed the would-be invaders
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as in steering
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front
the guide routed us smoothly through the jungle
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Recent Examples of routing
Robbie Morrison, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The posts outlined some of the steps OpenAI is taking to improve ChatGPT’s safety, including routing sensitive conversations to reasoning models, partnering with experts to develop further protections, and rolling out parental controls within the next month.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
Think of it as a hospital’s central nervous system for information — continuously gathering signals, interpreting them, and routing critical insights where they are needed most.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
On Saturday night in Nebraska’s home opener, Wilson and the Huskers did not punt while routing Akron 68-0.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
The bots would impersonate beneficiaries, using dates of birth and other information that can be found on the internet, to try to change the beneficiaries’ bank-routing information and steal their benefits.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the Sooners got off to a 1-0 start this season after routing Illinois State in Week 1.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Instead of routing your traffic through a single server, your data travels through a secondary server to further obfuscate your activity.
—PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Idle capacity has stayed below 1 percent for the past 18 months, Destriau said, noting that routing around southern Africa’s Cape of Good Hope continues to absorb substantial capacity.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 Aug. 2025
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These tools work behind the scenes, inside your systems, carrying out work, updating records, routing information and generating transactions.
—Robbie Morrison, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The posts outlined some of the steps OpenAI is taking to improve ChatGPT’s safety, including routing sensitive conversations to reasoning models, partnering with experts to develop further protections, and rolling out parental controls within the next month.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
Think of it as a hospital’s central nervous system for information — continuously gathering signals, interpreting them, and routing critical insights where they are needed most.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
On Saturday night in Nebraska’s home opener, Wilson and the Huskers did not punt while routing Akron 68-0.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
The bots would impersonate beneficiaries, using dates of birth and other information that can be found on the internet, to try to change the beneficiaries’ bank-routing information and steal their benefits.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the Sooners got off to a 1-0 start this season after routing Illinois State in Week 1.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Instead of routing your traffic through a single server, your data travels through a secondary server to further obfuscate your activity.
—PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Idle capacity has stayed below 1 percent for the past 18 months, Destriau said, noting that routing around southern Africa’s Cape of Good Hope continues to absorb substantial capacity.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Routing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/routing. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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