airways

noun

plural of airway
as in arteries

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  1. arteries
  2. highways
  3. roadways
  4. roads
  5. streets
  6. passageways
  7. thoroughfares
  8. freeways
Noun
  • Towering waves generated by intense Pacific storm systems, their heights amplified by El Niño, could erode parts of the fragile coastline and shut down crucial coastal transportation arteries.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The mother explained that the arteries from Makaia’s heart to her lungs are still the same size as a newborn’s, which is causing her heart to fail.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of arteries
Noun
  • Social media put the storm’s effects on display, with videos of floodwaters leaving cars stranded on highways, stormwater runoff erupting onto city streets and waterfalls cascading onto the subway tracks at Penn Station.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Abdeen drove across the highways of newly independent countries.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of highways
Noun
  • For Pittsburghers, the project targets one of the city's most recognizable and heavily traveled roadways.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The nature of the structure — with roadways cantilevered out under the Brooklyn Heights Promenade — precludes replacing one lane at a time, city officials told reporters last week.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of roadways
Noun
  • Police urged residents to stay off the roads while cleanup and recovery efforts continue.
    — Ross DiMattei, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • That becomes particularly dangerous in cities, where roads, parking lots and buildings prevent rain from soaking into the ground.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of roads
Noun
  • Among the changes needed on the city’s streets was the welding of more than 200 manhole covers to ensure the race cars don’t suck them up off the road.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The city feels theatrical and alive, with open-air theaters, cinemas, and a vibrant arts scene that spills into its streets.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of streets
Noun
  • The wars in the Gulf and Ukraine have essentially shut off some of the world’s key passageways for global commodities, while extended droughts have restricted travel through the key arteries such as the Panama Canal.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • While PennDOT already has created over 30 wildlife crossings, the establishment of the new cohesive group of state agency stakeholders is likely to accelerate building the safe animal passageways and reverse the high collision rate with motorists.
    — Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of passageways
Noun
  • According to the county, road improvements are coming for some of the thoroughfares near Boca Lago.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Schools remain closed and downed trees are blocking major thoroughfares.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of thoroughfares
Noun
  • The parking lot is west of Magnolia Avenue and just north of the interchange of the 91 and 5 freeways.
    — Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Born to Mary Florence Webb, a nurse, and John Sherman Heilmann, a civil engineer, Heilmann split her childhood between the Bay Area and, after her father took a job building freeways, Los Angeles, by way of El Segundo, a seaside village nearby.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of freeways
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