Thesaurus results for AUTOBAHN

autobahn

noun

Definition of autobahn

as in motorway

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Recent Examples of autobahn At about 90 mph on an unlimited German autobahn the range will be cut by about 44% to around 185 miles, according to ChatGPT. — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026 For Hitler, the autobahn was a concrete expression of German efficiency and nationalism. — Big Think, 1 May 2026 Among myriad other possibilities, the Orca could be turned into an intriguing motorhome, quite likely the sleekest, slipperiest Class B+ RV roaming the autobahn. — C.c. Weiss march 05, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026 On the autobahn, Sport+ lowers the ride height and takes some camber off the wheels for better straight-line performance. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for autobahn

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Noun

Germany and Italy expanded motorway networks—the Autobahn and the autostrada—laying the foundations for the automobile’s privileged position in this modernity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Earlier in August, five teenagers were killed in a two-vehicle collision in Ireland after driving a car the wrong way down a motorway.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of motorway

Noun

The stretch of interstate does not have streetlights and the speed limit is 70 mph, maps show.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
Three months after the video was posted online, the FBI arrested Michael David Barrett and charged him with interstate stalking.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of interstate

Noun

While crews were at the scene, a separate crash occurred on the eastbound side of the highway when a driver slowed down to look at the wreck, according to Peck.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
Minneapolis has long been a civic-minded metropolis, where even the choice of vegetation on highway medians can become the subject of extended public debate, in a state with a history of protest going back to the nineteenth century.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of highway

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

Bikes are not allowed to on freeways or expressways, and cyclists cannot pass through tolls unless the signs nearby dictate otherwise.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
In the city today, the Salt River is mostly reduced to a wide, dusty trough that passes unceremoniously under freeway bridges.

— Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of freeway

Noun

Germany and Italy expanded motorway networks—the Autobahn and the autostrada—laying the foundations for the automobile’s privileged position in this modernity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
It was named Lucca incidentally because Auto Union star driver Hans Stuck set its record-breaking speed on a stretch of straight autostrada near the Italian town in 1935.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 May 2026

Definition of autostrada

Noun

AVs can cause safety issues, especially during inclement weather, blackouts and on roads where there's construction or unusual traffic.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Thus the oceanic feeling might be the royal road to establishing a museum of affiliations, rather than the old colonialist museum of conquests.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of road

Noun

Bikes are not allowed to on freeways or expressways, and cyclists cannot pass through tolls unless the signs nearby dictate otherwise.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
The driver is also alleged to have made a U-turn from a through lane after exiting the expressway, according to the affidavit.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of expressway

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