make way

verb

Definition of make waynext
as in to aid

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  1. aid
  2. facilitate
  3. help
  4. open
  5. assist
  6. unstop
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  • Wearable sensors could aid therapy The researchers envision garments that let users control video game characters or operate robots remotely.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Lawyers for victims’ relatives claim that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia aided the hijackers.
    — Tom Winter, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of aid
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  • The hotel can arrange special things like a in-room Peloton bike or facilitate extra amenities to host a meeting in your suite.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors accused Maduro and Flores of protecting traffickers, facilitating cocaine shipments and benefiting financially from narcotics operations.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of facilitate
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  • The company says the framework will help meet global demand for Patriot interceptors.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Today, however, the current uses include drones that help ICE track immigrants, cyber attacks, and mass surveillance.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of help
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  • Salkar said a medico-legal case had been opened and an autopsy would follow.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Democratic divide As Republican donors open their wallets, some of Democrats’ biggest benefactors are missing from the DNC’s donor rolls.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of open
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  • She was assisted by corrections officers in exiting the witness room.
    — JAMIE STENGLE, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • These people greet and check in voters, provide them with ballots, assist with tabulation and/or assist with processing absentee ballots.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of assist
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  • But the unstopping competition between the big two auction houses, especially in the realm of fine art, has put extraordinary power into the hands of the people who have those things to sell.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Hundreds of protesters, who had promised to be a visible presence here and filled several sections of the arena, let out an elated, unstopping cheer.
    — MONICA DAVEY and JULIE BOSMAN, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2016
Definition of unstop
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“Make way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20way. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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