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 fire crew had responded to a traffic accident on the Eastex Freeway and was blocking the entrance to the freeway at Northpark Drive with a Houston Fire Department pumper engine when they were hit by the big rig, authorities said.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2025
Most freeways in California require two, or in some cases three, people per vehicle to be allowed to drive in carpool lanes during morning and afternoon rush hours.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
Just a few minutes later, the suspect exited the freeway in the East Los Angeles area on Garfield Avenue.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2025
That meant depicting the Joined’s mass exodus from Albuquerque with an ambitious panoramic shot of taillights on ABQ’s freeway system.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 28 Nov. 2025
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2025
Most freeways in California require two, or in some cases three, people per vehicle to be allowed to drive in carpool lanes during morning and afternoon rush hours.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
Just a few minutes later, the suspect exited the freeway in the East Los Angeles area on Garfield Avenue.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2025
That meant depicting the Joined’s mass exodus from Albuquerque with an ambitious panoramic shot of taillights on ABQ’s freeway system.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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