that way
idiom
1
: in the manner described or suggested
What makes her act that way?
2
: in or into the condition described or suggested
He is a very successful man and it is easy to see how he got that way.
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Things were supposed to stay that way through 2034.
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Tik Root, Wired News, 24 May 2025
From the typical country salad of lettuce, tomato and cheese to the beautifully domed rolls and cornbread -- and jalapeno cornbread, too -- your meal can start off fresh and end that way as well.
—Arkansas Online, 24 May 2025
Now, detectives are working to get his fingerprints with the hopes of confirming or excluding his identity that way, as even twins don’t share fingerprints.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
The team apparently may have tried smoothing out two pieces of the attenuator by bonding them together for aesthetic reasons — lest the car look less than Penske Perfect — but why blatantly break the rules that way?
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Tik Root, Wired News, 24 May 2025
From the typical country salad of lettuce, tomato and cheese to the beautifully domed rolls and cornbread -- and jalapeno cornbread, too -- your meal can start off fresh and end that way as well.
—Arkansas Online, 24 May 2025
Now, detectives are working to get his fingerprints with the hopes of confirming or excluding his identity that way, as even twins don’t share fingerprints.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
The team apparently may have tried smoothing out two pieces of the attenuator by bonding them together for aesthetic reasons — lest the car look less than Penske Perfect — but why blatantly break the rules that way?
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for that way
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“That way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/that%20way. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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