- present participle of route.
routing
Americannoun
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routings
plural
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the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.
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the arranging and scheduling of mail for delivery.
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delivery according to scheduled sequence.
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Over the last several years, work crews there have been restoring natural floodplains along rivers and creeks, building recharge basins, and routing floodwater to farm fields where it can soak into the land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Head Start’s regulations have swollen to 120-plus pages, controlling everything from the square footage of outdoor play space to transportation routing and myriad paper credentials for staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Now, they hand the work to a program that breaks the task into steps, tests each one and retries what failed — routing through several models that are each billed separately.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The attack affected the communication operations of the fire and police departments, including the routing of 911 calls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
I have thrown this routing in as a sop and shall not make a habit of it.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
The airline had launched additional flights to Europe in March and April "to cater for an upsurge in market demand as passengers prioritised alternative routings".
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
"It could mean delays and longer routings, just as happened post-Ukraine," said Strickland.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
The airline said Monday it was restarting those flights with adjusted routings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
In addition to speed reduction, other options to reduce whale-ship strikes include changing vessel routings away from where whales are located, or creating alert systems to notify authorities and mariners when whales are nearby.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
Droughts, floods, crop failures, labor troubles, and great fires are some of the many things to be avoided in the routings.
From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by George S. Harney
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