beltway

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Recent Examples of beltway Missing morning coffee runs or rushing into staff meetings late because of delayed or canceled trains persuades more and more residents to risk the soul-crushing traffic of the D.C. beltway. Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 11 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 Hersh had deep sources at the epicenter of the Washington beltway. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beltway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beltway
Noun
  • Residents need to place any brush and tree debris in the parkway in front of their homes by Monday morning.
    Darius Johnson, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • Residents wanting to take part should place any brush and tree debris on the parkway in front of their homes by Monday morning, a city news release said.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • The interstate was closed for about three hours after the crash, officials said.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 June 2026
  • Jury selection in his federal interstate stalking trial his scheduled to begin in October.
    Mark Prussin, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • After the road trip, Washington, then 73, stepped aside from his managerial duties indefinitely before undergoing quadruple bypass heart surgery.
    Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Remove all dead or damaged stems from the previous season using sharp bypass pruners to make clean cuts.
    Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 16 June 2026
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
  • In many ways, the Internet is the greatest disseminator of misinformation ever invented, crossed with a superhighway of shopping.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
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
Noun
  • Locals, including governor Garcia, stand on the banks of the nearby motorway — part of which has been shut to accommodate the fans going to the march — to take photos.
    Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • Laminated glass on higher-spec models significantly reduces wind and road noise, giving the E-408 a notably serene motorway character.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The measure has been made more complicated by an amendment to a key federal funding bill for highways and public transit infrastructure.
    Lauren Chapman, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
  • Jennifer Hoffmann also believes the bus pass was worth it, but would also like to see dedicated bus lanes on the highways leading to Arrowhead.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • In all, our group passed eight freeways, two highways, and one river, twice.
    Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • The goal is to transform the highway into a freeway through the city, improving travel time and reducing crashes, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
    Riley Moser, CBS News, 15 June 2026

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“Beltway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beltway. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.

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