expressway
noun
ex·press·way
ik-ˈspres-ˌwā 
: a high-speed divided highway for through traffic with access partially or fully controlled
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a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city
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His victim was trying to cross the southbound lanes of the expressway when Blakney’s Chevrolet Suburban rammed into him.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
In 2011, an expressway opened that connected it with Johor Bahru, and since then, the six square-mile area has taken off, with multiple resorts as well as golf courses designed by Ernie Els and Vijay Singh.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
The plan has been to replace the existing wooden fence along the road with a concrete wall that would be something between the current fence and the full Illinois Department of Transportation sound walls used along expressways and interstate roadways.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 6 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 two fires caught fire on the expressway side.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
In 2011, an expressway opened that connected it with Johor Bahru, and since then, the six square-mile area has taken off, with multiple resorts as well as golf courses designed by Ernie Els and Vijay Singh.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
The plan has been to replace the existing wooden fence along the road with a concrete wall that would be something between the current fence and the full Illinois Department of Transportation sound walls used along expressways and interstate roadways.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 6 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 two fires caught fire on the expressway side.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Expressway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expressway. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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expressway
noun
ex·press·way
ik-ˈspres-ˌwā
: a divided superhighway that may be entered and left only at special places
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