pave the way (for something/someone)

pave | Business English

pave
verb
uk /peɪv/us
 pave the way (for/to sth)
to make it possible for someone to do something or for something to happen:
This merger will revolutionize the industry and pave the way for more international alliances.

Examples of pave

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In literature and art theory, possible worlds have paved the way towards examining the ontology of worlds and for investigating the status of imaginary beings.
Finally, to some extent, broader development tools such as primary schools, paved roads, higher wages and overall development complement the above approaches.
Although technical and scientific developments were a necessary prerequisite for this development, cultural, sociological, and economic forces paved the way.
Modelling at the knowledge level thus paves the way to conduct intelligent modelling by a variety of available learning techniques.
The case could, however, have paved the way for such a development in the law.
Local observers were encouraged to report on distribution and migration patterns, thus paving the way for an interest in environmental concerns.
Towns with a home town association have paved roads, electricity, and freshly painted public buildings.
Not only did this make sickness insurance more effective, but it also paved the way for the administration of a future universal sickness insurance system.
Such investigations paved the way for the development of the constructivist approach to identity, which gained headway in the 1980s.
Roads were still very poor, and paved inter-urban highways simply did not exist.
Distance to paved roads, which proxies access to labor markets and remoteness, is positively correlated with collection.
Rather, at least in the case of civil rights, a series of victories at the state level paved the way for a national realignment.
The geometric constructivism therefore paves the way for important simplifications of domain theory.
Subsequently, administrative reasoning gradually paved the way to political reasoning in problem solving.
The progress in agrarian activities paved the way for the establishment of powerful empires and trade centres.
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