limited-access
adjective
lim·it·ed-ac·cess
ˈli-mə-təd-ˈak-ˌses 
of a road
: having access restricted to a relatively small number of points
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While details about the Opus Major’s first game are still under wraps, the studio is gearing up to this year reveal an exclusive, limited-access first playable version.
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
At a meeting held at Southwest High School on Sept. 18, 1961, Missouri highway engineers outlined the plan — a six-lane, high-speed, limited-access highway, much of it depressed 20 feet or more below the surface.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 9 Mar. 2025
The limited-access deal will remain in place while the federal court case goes forward.
—Patrick Reis, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The vision for Florida’s Turnpike started in the late 1940s, when a politically active Miami accountant, Charlie Costar, became enthralled with the sleek new limited-access highways in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
The Army Corps of Engineers hopes to open a limited-access channel for barge container ships and some vessels moving cars and farm equipment by the end of April, and to restore normal capacity to Baltimore’s port by May 31, the White House said.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
State of play: Many judges opt for limited-access Zoom sessions.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Then, in the forties, the city and the state started pushing through the big limited-access highways that would become interstates or link up to them.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
The limited-access highways have their own set of issues, from wrong-way drivers to race-car-level speeding.
—Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
At a meeting held at Southwest High School on Sept. 18, 1961, Missouri highway engineers outlined the plan — a six-lane, high-speed, limited-access highway, much of it depressed 20 feet or more below the surface.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 9 Mar. 2025
The limited-access deal will remain in place while the federal court case goes forward.
—Patrick Reis, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The vision for Florida’s Turnpike started in the late 1940s, when a politically active Miami accountant, Charlie Costar, became enthralled with the sleek new limited-access highways in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
The Army Corps of Engineers hopes to open a limited-access channel for barge container ships and some vessels moving cars and farm equipment by the end of April, and to restore normal capacity to Baltimore’s port by May 31, the White House said.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
State of play: Many judges opt for limited-access Zoom sessions.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Then, in the forties, the city and the state started pushing through the big limited-access highways that would become interstates or link up to them.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
The limited-access highways have their own set of issues, from wrong-way drivers to race-car-level speeding.
—Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Limited-access.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limited-access. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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