as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city
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Recent Examples of expressway
In one fell swoop, category theory created a set of expressways between other, existing areas of math.
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Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
In November 2016, Santa Clara County voters approved Measure B, a 30-year, half-cent countywide sales tax to enhance transit, highways, expressways, and active transportation (bicycles, pedestrians, and complete streets).
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Phan Khang,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
These expressways would rapidly move large volumes of vehicles in and out of the central business district without using local roads.
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Charlotte Observer,
11 May 2026
An Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputy pulled up to the scene just before 10 a.m. after a report of a car crash in the northbound lane of the expressway.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
In November 2016, Santa Clara County voters approved Measure B, a 30-year, half-cent countywide sales tax to enhance transit, highways, expressways, and active transportation (bicycles, pedestrians, and complete streets).
—
Phan Khang,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
These expressways would rapidly move large volumes of vehicles in and out of the central business district without using local roads.
—
Charlotte Observer,
11 May 2026
An Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputy pulled up to the scene just before 10 a.m. after a report of a car crash in the northbound lane of the expressway.
—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressway
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Here's what traffic is looking like today on Kansas 10 highway between Kansas City and Lawrence.
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Venezuelan authorities typically activate emergency assessment and response protocols following major seismic events, including inspections of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, bridges, highways and electrical systems.
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Left led downhill to Garberville and to the endless freeway thereafter.
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The accident prompted extensive freeway closures and a shutdown of westbound lanes, per CHP traffic logs.
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There was another car on the opposite side of the road with major front-end damage.
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From California politics to safety concerns on Sacramento roads, here’s a quick digest of some of the top stories for June 23, 2026.
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Foot traffic has slowed to a trickle, and the restaurant’s layout — with an almost entirely open wall that looks onto one of Boyle Height’s busiest thoroughfares — isn’t helping.
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Routinely vacuuming and doing quick sweeps with your wet mop can help tide you over until the kids are back in school or your house becomes a little less of a thoroughfare.
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The exhibit opens Thursday afternoon across the street from a Revolutionary War battlefield linked to the cannons.
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The protest’s matriarch Unlike most of Albania’s protests in over three decades of democracy, the young people on the streets this time are joined by an increasing number of retirees.
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On one end, the route took the avocado and papaya from Mexico to Asia.
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Events celebrating America’s 250th birthday mean some changes for fireworks viewing on the Mall and the route of the Independence Day Parade.
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The man had exited an ambulance that stopped to provide further treatment on the northbound carriageway between Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon while taking him to the hospital.
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Photographs have shown large potholes on certain stretches and, at the scene, The Athletic was told that parts of the carriageway were so badly affected that ambulance drivers preferred to use only the fast (left) lane rather than crossing from one side to the other.
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Food also figured into other odd roadway incidents.
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.
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“Expressway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressway. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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