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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In response, Congress established the current system, routing most disputes through the VA and its specialized appellate courts.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Still, renewed tanker attacks around the Strait of Hormuz are keeping shipping, insurance, routing and security risks elevated, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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
Nvidia also announced Nemo Switchyard, what it calls an “open-source model routing library”—essentially a tool that can automatically select models for supporting different AI agent tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
That same night, the Midland Lee Rebels finished the season by routing the Cooper Cougars, and the Midland High Bulldogs did likewise by beating the Abilene High Eagles.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
This year has posed an unprecedented challenge to find safe routings, according to Mark Zee, the founder of New York-based OpsGroup, an independent aviation security advisory group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
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
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
Based on weekly routings of clubs with a tiny percentage of their budget.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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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