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Recent Examples of autoroute
Cruising at around 75 mph on high-speed autoroutes would incur a range penalty of close to 50%.
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Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
So buyers who use their EVs for much long-distance cruising along Europe’s high-speed autoroutes will be less impressed by China’s products.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Fast but legal cruising down the autoroute was also unimpressive, slashing range by over 60%.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
But all display weak high-speed cruising ability on autoroutes.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Yet all four fail the autoroute range test, as do their predecessors.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
In autoroute cruising mode the range was slashed by 39%.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
The commission bought up property along the river valley and created a landscaped autoroute leading to the headwaters in Westchester County.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
Neuville-St-Vaast exit from A26 autoroute, follow D49 This is arguably one of the most powerful memorials on the Western Front.
—Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
So buyers who use their EVs for much long-distance cruising along Europe’s high-speed autoroutes will be less impressed by China’s products.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Fast but legal cruising down the autoroute was also unimpressive, slashing range by over 60%.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
But all display weak high-speed cruising ability on autoroutes.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Yet all four fail the autoroute range test, as do their predecessors.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
In autoroute cruising mode the range was slashed by 39%.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
The commission bought up property along the river valley and created a landscaped autoroute leading to the headwaters in Westchester County.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
Neuville-St-Vaast exit from A26 autoroute, follow D49 This is arguably one of the most powerful memorials on the Western Front.
—Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for autoroute
Noun
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The northern part of the island was at a standstill, schools closed, traffic snailing down the motorway.—
Ariel Saramandi,
The Dial,
29 July 2025
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Police found Alia's head and the axe in a bag in her car, which Jesse R. was driving when arrested on the A4 motorway, according to the NL Times news site.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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With extreme heat currently gripping vast swathes of the United States and Europe, subjecting tens of millions of people to dangerous temperatures far above what is usual for this time of year, even Germany’s famed autobahn is buckling under the strain, requiring emergency repairs.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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Beer plays Laura, a piano student at a music academy in Berlin, first seen in the opening shots on an autobahn overpass looking down at a river.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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The doors are heavy which lends a feeling of security on the highway.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Police found some helpful clues in a heap of trash that was tossed into the last bit of forest off of the highway between Antwerp and Brussels.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
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These routes originated at a facility on one side of an Interstate and made deliveries to larger clinics located only a couple of hundred yards away on the other side of an interstate.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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On the opposite side of the interstate, the large tractor-trailer could be seen with its left side bent outward.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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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
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Barreling down the autostrada, idling in front of our hotel, or stopping for gas, coffee, or red lights, the wagon drew constant admiration and approval.—
Tony Quiroga,
Car and Driver,
12 Aug. 2023
Noun
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The carp escaped into the Mississippi River, which has functioned as a superhighway to travel north.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Obama doesn't get nearly enough flack for the NATO bombing campaign in Libya, one of the most short-sighted and memory-holed American military actions in history that had the twofer effect of destroying that entire country while also opening up a superhighway of mass immigration into Europe.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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This weekend in metro Phoenix, drivers should plan for two ramp closures and one street closure associated with Valley freeway improvement projects, the Arizona Department of Transportation said.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Authorities are expecting heavy traffic along the detour route due to the freeway closure.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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And because of the powertrain’s development, the engineers on the Formula E team can now feed data back to the road car programme in Nissan’s Japan headquarters.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The road reconstruction allows SR 37 drivers to advance a signal-free trip from 116th Street to 146th, and removes stoplights on the cross streets.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
7 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Autoroute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autoroute. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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