Definition of superhighway
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: a multilane highway (such as an expressway or turnpike) designed for high-speed traffic
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To celebrate this milestone, Billboard spoke with some of today's modern metal mavens on how Seventh Son played a role on their travels along the heavy metal superhighway.
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All Europe has done is redirect the flow of vulnerable humanity, fostering the development of a global superhighway to move people over this great distance.
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Thirty-six by thirty-eight miles in dimension, fourth largest urban center in the United States (never crowded except on superhighways), its pride is its absence of form.
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This superhighway system, sold as being necessary to protect America in case of an attack, was called the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act.
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The immune system fights on the front lines, but the body’s superhighway of information reaches every cell when disease and distress is present.
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Dinosaur State Park holds the greatest number of dinosaur tracks in Connecticut and North America – a dinosaur superhighway.
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The jellyfish population explosion has blossomed for years, but got a special boost since 2015 with the broadening of the Suez Canal, which opened up an aquatic superhighway for invasive species to the Mediterranean.
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Building a superhighway through Boston Street is not that.
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First Known Use of superhighway
1924
SUPERHIGHWAY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of superhighway for English Language Learners
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: a large and wide highway used for traveling at high speeds over long distances
SUPERHIGHWAY Defined for Kids
Definition of superhighway for Students
: an expressway for high-speed traffic
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