express lane

noun

US

: an area in a store (such as a supermarket) where customers form a line that lets them pay for the things they are buying more quickly than other lanes

Customers with fewer than 12 items can use the express lane.

Examples of express lane in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Improvements include adding a third westbound express lane, straightening roadway curves, replacing aging bridges, and improving traffic flow and safety throughout the corridor. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Dallas Fire-Rescue and Dallas County sheriff’s deputies responded Friday morning to a fatal crash involving a pedestrian in the eastbound I-30 express lane near Westmoreland Road. — Mary Ella Hastings july 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026

Alternatives included an express lane requiring all drivers to pay a toll, HOV 2+ lanes in both directions, transit-only lanes in both directions and converting existing lanes to HOT lanes. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026

But even Black athletes whose athleticism gifted them an extremely exclusive express lane in life can tell you stories about growing up a minority in America, or tales their parents or grandparents have told. — Miami Herald, 14 May 2026

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