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

Examples of en route in a Sentence

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The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the jet was en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri before heading to Mexico. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025 In the playoffs, the offense played at a high level as well en route to a Super Bowl win. —

Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025 The Warriors were 12-35 at the break en route to a 19-63 season and didn’t have a player named to the team. —

Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025 Almost every day since the expansion of Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline was completed in May, a tanker laden with oil sands crude shipped through the line has passed under Vancouver's Lions Gate Bridge en route to refineries around the Pacific. —

Robert Tuttle Bloomberg News (wpns), arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for en route