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skyway

noun

sky·​way ˈskī-ˌwā How to pronounce skyway (audio)
1
: a route used by airplanes : air lane
2
: an elevated highway
3

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After a week and a half of flight cancellations across the Bay Area, the skyways are returning to normal after the Federal Aviation Administration lifted its flight reductions beginning Monday morning. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2025 For those who fear the cold, one other Minnesota invention—the skyway system—connects office buildings, shops, and residential high-rises in both downtowns. Amy Nelson, Wired News, 6 Nov. 2025 Dalke's monitoring path through DC takes her under a skyway that connects two buildings downtown. NPR, 17 Oct. 2025 Just last week, a nonprofit subsidiary of the St. Paul Downtown Alliance acquired the Alliance Bank Center, which contains a central skyway link, the first step toward stabilizing the vacant office and retail complex, which was been boarded up since April. Mars King, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for skyway

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of skyway was in 1924

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“Skyway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyway. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.

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