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each way

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adjective

  1. Also: both ways.  US term: across-the-boardhorse racing (of a bet) made on the same runner or contestant to win or come second or third in a race

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Danielle Grossman, 37, commutes 90 minutes each way, three days a week, from her home north of Houston to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, where she works as communications director.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

He looked set to figure in the Thyestes before a last fence unseat but has to be forgiven a very disappointing display last time in the Bobbyjo to merit an each way chance.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

He pointed out that there’s a “physical limitation to normalization” when it comes to Asian supply and demand, because the trip to Asia from the Middle East takes 30 days each way.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Further headlines that pull sentiment each way will likely persist.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

A day was named for roads and they all agreed to bring axes and things like that and chop out two roads running each way.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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