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

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Cleveland ripped off a 17-0 run across five minutes and hit seven of 10 3-pointers en route to a 39-22 opening period. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024 Kuechly did en route to winning the Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the nation’s best defensive player and then as a five-time NFL All-Pro in Carolina. —

Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 1 Nov. 2024 With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, Trump appeared en route to a smashing victory. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024 In Jacques Audiard’s highly-unconventional musical Emilia Pérez — which debuts in select U.S. and Canadian theaters today en route to a Nov. 13 debut on Netflix in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. — Selena Gomez gives the performance of her career as the wife of a Mexican cartel chief. —

Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for en route