direct route
Example Sentences
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The maneuver sends Psyche on a direct route toward its target in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
Perhaps the most direct route goes via the eastern coast of the Black Sea and Turkey, through Bulgaria and either Serbia or Romania into Hungary.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025
We’ve all seen “desire paths,” those informal shortcuts that human feet etch in the ground near designated walkways as we insist on taking a more direct route to our destination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Welker went for a more direct route, asking Trump bluntly if he felt the need to "uphold the Constitution."
From Salon • May 4, 2025
As another example, archaeologists originally assumed that Mexican corn, beans, and squashes reached the southeastern United States by the most direct route via northeastern Mexico and eastern Texas.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
