: a private road giving access from a public way to a building on abutting grounds
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A long driveway led to the mansion.
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The images, taken from a camera fastened to a fence and focused on the back of the house and another that showed the driveway and front of the garage door, captured family members, landscapers and pool workers stretching back weeks prior to the kidnapping.
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Pat Milton, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
The complaints range from rodent issues to blocked driveways to squatting and the discovery of homeless encampments inside the building.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
Every couple of years, during a hard rain, the creek floods her driveway.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
The first version went up in Matt Taylor’s driveway in Reading, 12 miles (19 kilometers) north of Boston.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Pat Milton, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
The complaints range from rodent issues to blocked driveways to squatting and the discovery of homeless encampments inside the building.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
Every couple of years, during a hard rain, the creek floods her driveway.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
The first version went up in Matt Taylor’s driveway in Reading, 12 miles (19 kilometers) north of Boston.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for driveway
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“Driveway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driveway. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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driveway
noun
drive·way
ˈdrīv-ˌwā 
: a short private road from the street to a house, garage, or parking lot
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