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out-of-the-way

[out-uhv-thuh-wey] / ˈaʊt əv ðəˌweɪ /


out of the way


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You’re right that I’m describing the labor issue that falls out of the way that AI is being sold, but I think more foundationally is the material, financial basis for the AI bubble.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

"To us it felt a little off - the fact that we were on the one strip reserved for walking, and we were having to get out of the way," says Roberts.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, we can proceed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

Here, Conlon offers a lesson in the kind of leadership generally lacking in modern society, by simultaneously staying out of the way yet being at the essential center of things.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

She yanked him out of the way of the water.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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