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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It’s been that way for the past 33 years at the school where Toomey has been coach for the past 20 seasons.
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Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2025
All these years later, Canales is still programmed to think that way.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2025
Needless to say, June doesn’t exactly see it that way.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Maybe the show would have been tighter and better that way.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2025
All these years later, Canales is still programmed to think that way.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2025
Needless to say, June doesn’t exactly see it that way.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Maybe the show would have been tighter and better that way.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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