1
: an expressway with fully controlled access
2
: a highway without toll fees
Examples of freeway in a Sentence
a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time
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The freeways were empty except for the gardeners that were going to work.
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Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
The freeways in and around DFW were chock full of unexpected traffic.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
The Orleans County Sheriff's Office on Friday night released security video of the extraordinary escape, which shows the inmates sprinting out of the prison and then traversing the freeway.
—CBS News, 18 May 2025
At one point, Cortez slows his pickup down on the freeway and pulls it to a stop perpendicular to lanes of traffic.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
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Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
The freeways in and around DFW were chock full of unexpected traffic.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
The Orleans County Sheriff's Office on Friday night released security video of the extraordinary escape, which shows the inmates sprinting out of the prison and then traversing the freeway.
—CBS News, 18 May 2025
At one point, Cortez slows his pickup down on the freeway and pulls it to a stop perpendicular to lanes of traffic.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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