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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Waymos have been driving freeways with no safety driver for some time now, but service is limited to Alphabet employees and empty vehicles.
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Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Her car sputtered to a stop in the middle of the road near a crowded homeless encampment under the freeway.
—Laura Kwerel, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
Nobody needed to learn to merge onto the actual freeway when these fast and wide sections of La Brea and La Cienega were freeway enough.
—Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
More than just devastating the lives of these commuters — most of whom earn under $49,000 per year and work blue-collar jobs — each of these cars on the freeway is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions.
—Stan Oklobdzija, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Her car sputtered to a stop in the middle of the road near a crowded homeless encampment under the freeway.
—Laura Kwerel, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
Nobody needed to learn to merge onto the actual freeway when these fast and wide sections of La Brea and La Cienega were freeway enough.
—Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
More than just devastating the lives of these commuters — most of whom earn under $49,000 per year and work blue-collar jobs — each of these cars on the freeway is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions.
—Stan Oklobdzija, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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