on the way

phrase

variants or on one's way
: moving along in one's course : in progress

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The name of the feature itself hasn’t been the only roadblock on the way to approval. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026 Complicating the retrieval is the position of Morup’s body, and the risk that it could be damaged or start decomposing on the way down. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 The doc’s trailer shows two of four Wiggin sisters looking back on the way their father forced them to form a band, the fallout when the album was dismissed, and the surprising reappraisal of their music in recent decades. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026 Around them, construction of a new road is splitting the town between those who welcome change and those who see it as an assault on the way things have always been. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on the way

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“On the way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20way. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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