as in trail
a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps
found the footpath leading down into the valley
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Recent Examples of footpath
Just south of downtown San Jose, about 100 people live on the banks of Coyote Creek, where footpaths and improvised bridges connect a community of tents and wooden shacks — the city’s last sprawling homeless encampment.
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
People stroll along the footpath that wraps around the water.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
Then the pattern broke, and the footpath traversed the upper slope and disappeared into a high hanging canyon, which must have led to a still higher place that someone once wanted to reach, and, perhaps, from there the trail continued even further to some unseen valley beyond the mountains.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
The Sconset Bluff Walk is a popular scenic footpath very close to the yards of various private cottages.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
People stroll along the footpath that wraps around the water.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
Then the pattern broke, and the footpath traversed the upper slope and disappeared into a high hanging canyon, which must have led to a still higher place that someone once wanted to reach, and, perhaps, from there the trail continued even further to some unseen valley beyond the mountains.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
The Sconset Bluff Walk is a popular scenic footpath very close to the yards of various private cottages.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footpath
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Dimitsana and Arcadian mountain trails The heartland of the Peloponnese is Arcadia, a mountainous province of gorges and hills, many precariously topped by medieval towns.—
Helen Brown,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
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North East Trees, a local environmental justice group, manages about 37 acres of the site that feature trails and native plant installations.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Win it, and suddenly the series tightens, the doubt creeps in and the path gets a lot more complicated for Orlando.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Finding a way to better utilize those strengths in the NHL is his best path to a secure role.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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After extraction, the recovered metals were reprocessed into new battery materials, demonstrating a closed-loop recycling pathway.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Drucker is interested in seeing similar molecular studies that could clarify anti-inflammatory pathways in other organs.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Footpath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpath. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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