as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city
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Recent Examples of highway
Philippe Myers knelt on the side of Canada’s busiest highway and muttered a few curse words about his luck.
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Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
The closure follows a fatal accident on the northbound lanes of the turnpike that shut down the highway on Thursday night.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
Is the West Side Highway south of 57th Street considered a highway or a surface street?
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Winter storm freezes upper Midwest A fast-moving winter storm brought snow, ice, strong winds and bitter cold to much of the upper Midwest, snarling traffic in the Twin Cities and forcing North Dakota officials to shut down an interstate highway.
—arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
The closure follows a fatal accident on the northbound lanes of the turnpike that shut down the highway on Thursday night.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
Is the West Side Highway south of 57th Street considered a highway or a surface street?
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Winter storm freezes upper Midwest A fast-moving winter storm brought snow, ice, strong winds and bitter cold to much of the upper Midwest, snarling traffic in the Twin Cities and forcing North Dakota officials to shut down an interstate highway.
—arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highway
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The Jayhawks, in fact, on Sunday recorded the largest margin of victory by a road team in Big 12 Conference history.Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
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At least by opening odds, the closest game is the final clash of the week, with the No. 5 Minnesota Vikings 2-point road favorites at the No. 4 Rams.Hannah Vanbiber, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Whether tearing up muddy roads, crawling up high-clearance 4×4 routes, trying to park my car in deep snow banks, or cruising freeways at 75 mph, the KO3 has always felt like a good choice.Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 2 Jan. 2025
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How To Watch the Rose Parade 2025 via Live Stream The 2025 Rose Parade will be streamed live on YouTube for free by Pasadena Star-News, with the stream based just before participants make their way below the 210 freeway bridge.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Officers closed down five nearby streets, searched the vehicle, arrested the driver, and cleared the roadways again.Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Jan. 2025
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But the teeming streets — packed with cars, bikes and a growing number of other vehicles — became increasingly hostile to pedestrians in 2024, city statistics show.Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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From the second half of the 20th century, pioneering thinkers such as American author and activist Jane Jacobs and Danish architect Jan Gehl began highlighting the inhuman way our cities were being shaped, with boring constructions, barren spaces and brutal expressways.Thomas Heatherwick, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2025
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The expressway runs from the regional capital Urumqi in northern Xinjiang to Yuli County in southern Xinjiang.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Other possibly affected thoroughfares include Interstate 81, north of Syracuse, New York.Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2024
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Those projects include road expansions on main thoroughfares such as Cross Prairie Parkway, Old Canoe Creek Road, Hickory Tree Road and others.Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
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To make up for the lost practice time, the two spent extra time after practices and discussed plays and routes in the locker room afterward.Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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The public can also line the funeral procession route in Washington on the afternoon of Jan. 7, and can view his motorcade in Georgia or the nation’s capital, the military said.Conor Murray, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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One vehicle was thrust toward the other side of the roadway by the sheer force, but thankfully no one was injured.Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Troopers believe the crash started with a rear-end collision, which caused the at-fault vehicle to run off the roadway.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
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Riot police used water cannons and tear gas almost daily to disperse and beat scores of protesters, some of whom threw fireworks at police officers and built barricades on the capital’s central boulevard.Sophiko Megrelidze, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Protesters responded by launching fireworks at officers and erecting barricades along the city's central boulevard.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Highway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highway. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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