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autobahn

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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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Reuters — An Italian court on Thursday sentenced former Atlantia CEO Giovanni ‌Castellucci to 12 years in prison over the deadly 2018 collapse of a motorway bridge in the northwestern port city of Genoa.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
The house is at the Windsor Road-edge of the historic Bray Studios, tucked between the River Thames and a section of the A308 motorway, in the hamlet of Water Oakley.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

Definition of motorway

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Steering is precise and feels naturally weighted from parking lot speeds to cruising on the interstate.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Welfy Espinal, 25, and Lenyn Toribio, 27, were charged in a federal indictment unsealed in June with interstate stalking resulting in death for the shocking slay of 24-year-old Jeremy Ortega in April 2025.

— Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026

Definition of interstate

Noun

Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
Jakarta, Indonesia — A pickup truck carrying wedding guests was crushed between two trucks on a busy highway on Indonesia's main island of Java, killing 13 people and injuring five others, police said Monday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Definition of highway

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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

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Britney Spears is speaking out after being spotted hanging out of the sunroof of an SUV on a busy Los Angeles freeway.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 July 2026
For decades, the powers that be have burdened the Eastside with freeways, warehouses, public corruption, unsightly developments that have brought on gentrification and civic negligence bordering on the criminal.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of freeway

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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
There’s also a Huracán Polizia version The Italian Highway Patrol uses a Huracán with police badging and a lightbar on the autostradas in and around Bologna.

— Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024

Definition of autostrada

Noun

When completed, the roughly 15-mile expressway will link Highway 65 in western Placer County with state highways 70 and 99 in southern Sutter County.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Following the shooting, the northbound side of the expressway was closed from 147th Street just past the Tri-State Tollway all the way to 127th Street.

— Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 13 July 2026

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