on the way

phrase

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

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The utility company says more than 2,600 storm response workers are working to restore power, with another 800 field workers from outside Michigan on the way to assist. — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026 The Titans were in the cellar and had just fired Vrabel’s successor, while the Patriots were on the way to the Super Bowl. — Mike Semel, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Backed by Searchlight Pictures, Wild Horse Nine is McDonagh’s follow-up to The Banshees of Inisherin, which won Venice’s best screenplay and best actor prizes in 2022 on the way to nabbing nine Oscar nominations. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026 The latter is embodied by an underground race of telepathic mutants who worship an unexploded nuclear bomb and find themselves in conflict with the apes, as well as the few surviving humans, on the way to a finale that out-tragedies the original. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 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 5 Sep. 2026.

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