Thesaurus results for INTERSTATE

interstate

noun

Definition of interstate

as in highway

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Recent Examples of interstate Look out for the town's whimsical water tower, painted with rainbow stripes to evoke a hot air balloon, from the interstate (on Cove Road). — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026 That wolf briefly crossed the interstate in southeastern Colorado and moved through watersheds in Pueblo, Otero and Las Animas counties before returning west of the highway, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials announced Wednesday. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 June 2026 The interstate was closed for about three hours after the crash, officials said. — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 June 2026 Welfy Espinal, 25, and Lenyn Toribio, 27, were charged in a federal indictment unsealed Friday with interstate stalking resulting in death in the shocking slay of 24-year-old Jeremy Ortega on April 13, 2025. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for interstate

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Noun

Several northbound lanes of I-5 were closed north of Templin Highway as fire vehicles staged on the highway and multiple firefighting helicopters performed water drops from above, according to social media posts from the Angeles National Forest.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Drivers traveling south from Ouray to Silverton, will be on the steep outer side of the highway, while those driving north from Silverton to Ouray will hug the inside of the cliff face.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Definition of highway

Noun

Deputies alerted neighboring authorities before finding the man driving on Fair Oaks Boulevard near Kenneth Avenue and attempting to initiate the traffic stop that began the freeway chase.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
The 664-foot-wide by 120-foot-tall Prado Dam Bicentennial Mural, located near the intersection of the 91 and 71 freeways near Corona, turned 50.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of freeway

Noun

Our strategic position between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi watershed set our course as a commerce superhighway, with the Chicago Portage connecting two vast trading routes between the Atlantic and the Gulf.

— Alaina Harkness, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Mycorrhizal fungi direct traffic through nutrient superhighways and restructure the soil to support life across entire ecosystems.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of superhighway

Noun

In May, a minibus rammed into a bus parked along a motorway in northwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring five others.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Locals, including governor Garcia, stand on the banks of the nearby motorway — part of which has been shut to accommodate the fans going to the march — to take photos.

— Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 15 June 2026

Definition of motorway

Noun

The new Stars arena will be located off the Dallas autobahn, more commonly called the Dallas North Tollway, which over the last decade has become one of the busiest main roads in DFW.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
Southbound on the autobahn, just shy of the halfway point to Munich, a 45‑minute detour east leads to Weltenburger Klosterbrauerei, brewing since 1050.

— David Dickstein, Oc Register, 10 June 2026

Definition of autobahn

Noun

The size of the frozen zone in which crews are working to stabilize a building in Midtown Manhattan was decreased late Tuesday, but some roads remain blocked.

— Kelly McCleary, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
This can cause loss of control in extreme circumstances, especially when the road conditions aren’t prime.

— Keith Laing, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of road

Noun

The parkway was evacuated Saturday evening while droves of people were still in line to enter due to approaching thunderstorms.

— Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Some of the parkway’s most spectacular stretches can be found here in the Tar Heel State, especially just south of Asheville.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

Definition of parkway

Noun

About two thirds is south of Interstate 595 and one third north of the expressway.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
The alert triggered temporary closures along a major highway, the Décarie expressway, as well as a temporary shutdown of significant sections of two subway lines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026

Definition of expressway

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