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
Last month, Turnpike officials held an open house to discuss the status of the ongoing project that will extend the expressway from Route 51 in Jefferson Hills to the Parkway East in Monroeville.
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Mike Darnay, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
But unfortunately for expressway drivers everywhere, that notion didn’t last.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
Of late, however, Aston seems to have found the expressway to automotive excellence, both in car design, drive experience, and artisanal craftsmanship.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Then half a mile away, near where Almaden Road and Almaden Expressway meet, six vehicles were set on fire on the Almaden Road side and three on the expressway side.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2026
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Mike Darnay, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
But unfortunately for expressway drivers everywhere, that notion didn’t last.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
Of late, however, Aston seems to have found the expressway to automotive excellence, both in car design, drive experience, and artisanal craftsmanship.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Then half a mile away, near where Almaden Road and Almaden Expressway meet, six vehicles were set on fire on the Almaden Road side and three on the expressway side.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressway
Noun
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In San Diego County alone, his namesakes include a park, a highway, a recreation center and multiple schools.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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The truck came with a set of P 275/65/18 all-season highway tires that rode nicely and helped the truck achieve pretty decent fuel economy (for a truck with a very thirsty reputation) and a range of over 500 miles.—
Bryan Rogala,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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All cars were being diverted from the freeway to the Citrus Avenue exit as cleanup work continued.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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As of Sunday night, MnDOT did not say when the freeway stretch would reopen.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Chancellor Gordon Brown reacted by cutting duty on ultra-low sulphur petrol, freezing duty on other grades of motor fuel, putting more vehicles into the lowest vehicle excise duty band — a tax cut for most lorries — and taxing foreign truckers using British roads.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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The road is closed from exit 1A to I-35 North in Overland Park.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2026
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The architecture of Pride Cleaners stands in stark contrast to Chatham’s bungalows and courtyard apartments and the classical revival ornamentation of 79th Street’s commercial thoroughfare.—
Elizabeth Blasius,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The triptych is along the wall in a main thoroughfare of the museum facing the floor-to-ceiling windows that form part of the building’s bridge over Wilshire Boulevard.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Magen David Adom, Israel's rescue service, released video showing a large crater in a street and shrapnel damage to an apartment building.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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At the spring 2026 collections last September and October, runway fantasies like bows and face paint seeped right off the runways and into the streets.—
Irene Kim,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This time, disruptions to shipping routes are interrupting those flows and that reduces the amount of money flowing back into financial markets, removing a key source of cash flows, the bank noted.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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People should consider alternate routes and expect delays.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
2 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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That plan describes a roadway overmatched by the Treasure Valley’s western spread — what was essentially a rural highway to market now swallowed by cities.—
Mark Dee
March 17,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Drivers were asked to avoid South Watt Avenue and Jackson Road, with roadways in the area expected to remain closed for several hours as authorities investigated at the scene.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Expressway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressway. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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