via
Americanpreposition
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by a route that touches or passes through; by way of.
From here, you would fly to Japan via the North Pole.
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by the agency or means of.
The task of identifying maps was entirely done by volunteers who were selected via an online campaign.
noun
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Architecture. a space between two mutules.
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Electronics. an electrical connection between layers of a circuit board, usually made by placing conductive metal pads on each layer and drilling a hole through them, then adding more conductive metal to the inside of the hole.
preposition
Etymology
Origin of via
First recorded in 1770–80; from Latin viā, ablative of via “way”; see also way 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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All six of the Dodgers’ outs in the first two innings came via the strikeout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
It took weeks before Australia was notified via an email to a generic inbox.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Customers can either download the model to their own servers, or access it via Mistral's infrastructure, including in "our European sovereign region where data stays under EU jurisdiction to ensure data remains under their control".
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Informa said it plans to raise gross proceeds of around 940 million pounds to part-fund the acquisition via an equity issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
They could just as easily have watched the game via vidfeed.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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