1
: an expressway with fully controlled access
2
: a highway without toll fees
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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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After locating handgun ammunition in the SUV, Burbank PD used a helicopter and police dog named Spike to locate Alas along a steep embankment along the freeway.
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Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
After Cortez exited the freeway, the pursuit continued in a residential neighborhood and culminated with the truck crashing into a home on 26th Street.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
In Arizona, our driving laws are influenced by factors like busy freeways in metro Phoenix, monsoon season flooding, outdated transportation modes and distracted driving laws.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026
The freeway will act as a live scoreboard for the sector.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
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Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
After Cortez exited the freeway, the pursuit continued in a residential neighborhood and culminated with the truck crashing into a home on 26th Street.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
In Arizona, our driving laws are influenced by factors like busy freeways in metro Phoenix, monsoon season flooding, outdated transportation modes and distracted driving laws.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026
The freeway will act as a live scoreboard for the sector.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for freeway
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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