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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The program is a coordinated effort by SANDAG, Caltrans and other agencies to improve freeway, railroad and other forms of transportation in the region.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
In fact, within weeks of taking the job, Franzen informally proposed building a tollway instead of a freeway that had been on the drawing board for 20 years.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Dispatch audio obtained by Fox News Digital indicated that the California Highway Patrol followed Spears for a while on the freeway and other roads in the greater Los Angeles area before pulling her over.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The 5 and 10 freeway transition road in Boyle Heights was closed for several hours on Saturday after a concrete truck crashed and overturned before dangling off an overpass and dumping concrete onto the road below.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
In fact, within weeks of taking the job, Franzen informally proposed building a tollway instead of a freeway that had been on the drawing board for 20 years.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Dispatch audio obtained by Fox News Digital indicated that the California Highway Patrol followed Spears for a while on the freeway and other roads in the greater Los Angeles area before pulling her over.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The 5 and 10 freeway transition road in Boyle Heights was closed for several hours on Saturday after a concrete truck crashed and overturned before dangling off an overpass and dumping concrete onto the road below.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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