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Recent Examples of runway
Why invest in roles that don't pay off right away and need a long runway of training, when AI can take on part of the work?
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Illia Smoliienko, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Heidi Klum is booked and busy on the runway of Germany’s Next Topmodel, which is the German version of Tyra Banks’ America’s Next Top Model.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 15 May 2026
Featured in an array of colors, the style was first seen on the designer’s fall/winter 2023 runway show at Milan Men’s Fashion Week.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Call it an omen for the accomplishment that Bergstrom pulled off on Thursday, sprinting down the runway and flying through the air to assert herself as the top pole vaulter in Colorado.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
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Illia Smoliienko, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Heidi Klum is booked and busy on the runway of Germany’s Next Topmodel, which is the German version of Tyra Banks’ America’s Next Top Model.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 15 May 2026
Featured in an array of colors, the style was first seen on the designer’s fall/winter 2023 runway show at Milan Men’s Fashion Week.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Call it an omen for the accomplishment that Bergstrom pulled off on Thursday, sprinting down the runway and flying through the air to assert herself as the top pole vaulter in Colorado.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runway
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Tristan da Cunha has 221 inhabitants and no airstrip.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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The group of volcanic islands has no airstrip and is usually accessible only by boat on a six-day voyage from Cape Town, South Africa.—
Iain Sullivan,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, police officers conducted street searches of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers each year, the vast majority of whom were Black or Latino and had not committed a crime.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The surrounding community of Princeville is low key, with a few other hotels including a Westin and a Wyndham, and residential streets lined with homes and vacation rentals.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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This dimension of the work was heightened by its site, a former helicopter landing field on an old NATO base, given over to the Autostrada Biennale in 2014 as part of a process of demilitarization in the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s and Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2025
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Following that road—with as much patience as your faith allows—does.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The backstory There's not a single traffic light on the island, only one school for kindergarten through 12th grade, and 30 miles of paved roads—many lined with towering Cook Pine trees (resembling tall Christmas trees).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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The young pilot eventually saw a rural landing strip and a path along the canal in the Hungryland Preserve, Budensiek said.—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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To preserve stealth and the element of surprise, the operators might create a staging ground several miles from their objective, which might include building a makeshift landing strip.—
Sheena Samu,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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One of the trucks was carrying steel coils, which police said spilled onto the roadway.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
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Outside buzzed the controversial Court Street bike lane, the subject of a recent lawsuit which Dornagon covered closely.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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There will be long-term lane closures throughout the project’s duration, with only one lane open in each direction, according to a DuPage County news release.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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The second was that rail lines be banned from the thoroughfare.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Thousands of marchers flooded the thoroughfares of Venice to protest the presence of Israel at the Venice Biennale, with many national pavilions shuttering in solidarity.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 May 2026
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“Runway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runway. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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