Example Sentences

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You’re often recognized as one of the people who have been paving the way for other Asian American artists in the industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

"Over all these years, I have been paving the way to acceptance bit by bit."

From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2017

Lawmakers have been paving the way for the building of a new arena for team in downtown Seattle.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2013

With each second I have spent in Rome, lustily minding the architecture, drinking and eating enough daily glucose to kill a Cuban sugarcane farmer, I have been paving the toll road to my own demise.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 7, 2010

Another great cause of commotion is, that they have been paving the lane by which the house is approached, ever since we returned from Rome.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John