Definition of parkway
: a broad landscaped thoroughfare
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One of the parkway's most popular tourist draws, the viaduct is 18 miles southwest of Blowing Rock and about 105 miles northwest of Charlotte.
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When erected in 1914 on a corner of Linwood Boulevard and The Paseo, the St. Regis Hotel seemed like a good bet, a luxurious apartment hotel on one of the nation’s longest parkways.
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Blue Island lost dozens of ash trees on public parkways to the emerald ash borer infestation.
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But with a budget action approved by an Assembly committee Wednesday, state lawmakers seek to commit $16 million in funds for cleaning parkways.
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Thousands of people and several dogs crammed the Ben Franklin parkway for the carnival, the festival’s final event.
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Milwaukee County is planning to charge for parking at parks, on parkways and at the lakefront.
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The pursuit proceeded down the parkway but not at high speed.
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The footage from that camera, released by Fairfax police Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. in January, shows Ghaisar stopped in the right lane of the parkway, then drove off as the Park Police officers approached him with guns drawn.
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First Known Use of parkway
1875
PARKWAY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of parkway for English Language Learners
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: a wide road with trees and grass along the sides and often in the middle
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