How to Use that way in a Sentence
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Now, the hope for Lewis and the Twins is to keep him that way.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 4 June 2024
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If there is a cost to that way of thinking, the world may pay it this year at the polls.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2024
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The fear is that some Justices might see their task that way.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2024
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Move the ball, throw it to the first guy who’s open, put a lot of pressure on the defense that way.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
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This isn’t the first time he’s ended a season that way.
—Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 23 May 2023
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But dinosaurs didn’t just get big once and stay that way.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
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Therefore, the lyrics were written in that way as well.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
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And that lash-up has been very tight and will continue to be that way.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2024
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At least that’s my view—the Apple execs don’t see it that way.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2024
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But of course that didn’t happen, because it wasn’t meant to be that way.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
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For Judge Judy, falling in love — and staying that way — isn't all that hard of a task.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
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Everyone wants to see themselves in the world in that way.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
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Not everyone sees them that way though, and to each their own.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
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The Chiefs seem plenty happy things turned out that way, too.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2024
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Whether it is shown that way or not, that's my feelings and that was our story.
—Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
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Things do not always work that way, LW, being a case in point.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2023
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The whole project was really quite a fun journey in that way.
—Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 31 May 2023
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Yet the scorching heat of the past two months will once again rebound throughout this week and stay that way.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2024
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The tart emerges from the oven with a crisp, buttery crust that stays that way for hours, perfect for making ahead.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 24 May 2023
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Obsessed is an album meant to be heard that way — in reflection, away from the call of the world.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
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If the congressman was decent, the staff tended to act that way too.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Dec. 2023
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But Schneider said people shouldn't go that route or think that way.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2024
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No one attacks him that way anymore, so he’s shelved the party trick.
—Zach Buchanan, New York Times, 28 July 2023
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To not ever be in a nine-year f---in' relationship and end it that way.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
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At the officers’ request, Parsons waited at the end of the farmer’s lane in case Sheri walked that way.
—Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
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There’s no give up in this team and it’s been that way all year long and even today when things didn’t go our way in the fourth quarter.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2024
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Yet so many people will go above and beyond to make others feel that way.
—Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
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But that dream always had a threat implicit, for those who viewed it that way.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 5 Aug. 2023
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So effectively a chimp will pant just like a dog to evaporate the saliva off their tongue to take the body heat out into the atmosphere that way.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
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For example, defined that way, 62% of Americans would be working class, which is far too broad.
—Kathryn A. Edwards, Twin Cities, 31 July 2024
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