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
Helena Rowland's play-making skills at inside centre give England plenty, but not the direct route to the line that the injured Tatyana Heard offered.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Highway 2, the most direct route from greater Seattle, where nearly 60% of the money spent in Leavenworth originates—and severed access to a major ski resort.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 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
