beltway

noun

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as in parkway

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Recent Examples of beltway Members of Congress exist in the cosseted Beltway bubble, enjoying special treatment and services their constituents do not. — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2026 An extension of Paris’ tramlines — which shadow the beltway from the inside and now form an almost-complete ring around the city — has also given people who live in Paris’ outer boroughs their own alternative. — Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026 When Mayor Jerry moves forward with the construction of a beltway that will destroy the glade where Mabel learned to calm her nervous system and love nature with her wise grandmother (Karen Huie), this riot grrl skates into action. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026 In recent days, as Netflix became an increasingly serious contender to take over the storied, century-old studio home to the The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and The Lord of the Rings, the service faced pushback both within Hollywood’s 30-mile zone and inside the Washington beltway. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beltway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beltway
  1. parkway
  2. interstate
  3. bypass
  4. superhighway
  5. autobahn
  6. motorway
  7. highway
  8. freeway
Noun
  • In 2025, the parkway had 16,533,753 visitors, the National Park Service says.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
  • PennDOT says this one-and-done closure is preferable to years of squeezing parkway traffic to one side and enduring continuous lane closures and restrictions.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of parkway
Noun
  • Toyota understands that most buyers simply want smooth, effortless acceleration merging onto the interstate or passing slower traffic.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 July 2026
  • Ceniceros grew up in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood between an intermodal facility and the interstate.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of interstate
Noun
  • Iran’s proxies in Yemen have threatened to cut off a major bypass of the Strait of Hormuz, through which oil tanker traffic has slowed dramatically in recent days.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Nearly three years later, the pioneers behind the double neural bypass have offered updates on their findings and Thomas’ progress.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Definition of bypass
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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
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
  • 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
Noun
  • Large cracks appeared on major roads, including an elevated highway, and a goods train derailed, according to NHK, while rail ‌services were halted and flights grounded.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • While the advanced driving settings on the highway felt unpredictable and inconsistent, the interior tech on the massive 56-inch Hyperscreen touchscreen was reliably, well, visible.
    — Sasha Lekach, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of highway
Noun
  • But some older generations saw the freeways choose to live near them.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 26 July 2026
  • Mendoza Hernandez, who was 36 at the time of his arrest in April, was pulled over by four ICE agents near a freeway entrance in Patterson in Stanislaus County.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of freeway

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