highway

noun

high·way | \ˈhī-ˌwā

Definition of highway

: a public way especially : a main direct road

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Examples of highway in a Sentence

I had heard there was a traffic jam on the highway, so I took the side roads. the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city

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After the crash, DeWolfe fled and was involved in other crashes on the highway until she was taken into custody. — Aimee Ortiz, BostonGlobe.com, "Tyngsborough woman with history of drunk driving due in court for arraignment," 10 July 2018 Read More 'This woman is going to kill me': Man clinging to hood on highway tells his story Follow @HowardCohen on Twitter. — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, "Video captures another man clinging to the hood of a speeding car on I-95," 10 July 2018 Pedestrians who marched on the highway put their own safety at risk, police said. — Ted Slowik, Daily Southtown, "Slowik: Protesting is noble, but shutting down the Dan Ryan is pointless," 5 July 2018 So, instead of wasting prime-afternoon hours stuck in bumper-to-bumper on the highway, check Google Trends’s Independence Day Traffic report. — Vogue, "Vogue’s Guide to the Ultimate Fourth of July," 2 July 2018 Romney’s little Nash automobile, which one of the enthusiast magazines tested, got almost 30 miles to the gallon in traffic and 39.4 on the highway. — Ed Wallace, star-telegram, "Little Shared Vehicles," 29 June 2018 On the highway from Damascus to Aleppo, towns and villages lie desolate. — The Economist, "How a victorious Bashar al-Assad is changing Syria," 28 June 2018 Speaking of fuel, the E-Pace is rated at 23mpg: 21mpg in the city and 27mpg on the highway. — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, "A sports car in SUV clothing: The Jaguar E-Pace reviewed," 28 June 2018 Police also say there appear to be links between the Guzman-Feliz attack and the attack on the teen on the highway. — CBS News, "New surveillance video shows slain Bronx teen tried to hide in deli before attack," 27 June 2018

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