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Recent Examples of Synonyms for byroad
Noun
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Connected to land by bridges, it’s filled with narrow stone alleys and a waterfront promenade lined with cafés.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026 -
Police later tracked the van down in an alley near Lakewood and Oakdale avenues in Lakeview.—
Sabrina Franza,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Gotham Organization now seeks to blow up these commitments through a sweeping rezoning that would remove the park designation, narrow the public walkway, and permit 56-story and 41-story luxury towers flush against the park on the MTA land, which the agency tentatively has agreed to lease.—
Katherine Thompson,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2026
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The architects believed that networks of walkways were the most important element of a building, not the building itself.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
2 Mar. 2026
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This passageway leading from the entrance to the bathroom opens onto the rest of the apartment.—
Nicolas Milon,
Architectural Digest,
24 Feb. 2026
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Or, that the workers in the maze of passageways are people who entered the PATH, got lost and couldn’t find their way out.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Officers cordoned off the alleyway following the crash.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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According to the warrant, the woman turned into an alleyway to her apartment and noticed a man closing ground on her.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The new focus on the canals was rehabilitation by master plan, with every planter positioned, every café table in conformity with rules of access, every bypath checked for liability, every inspiration — however lovely — thrashed out by committee.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
10 Aug. 2020
Noun
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The Creole Nature Trail is a 180-mile scenic byway that cuts through Louisiana’s Cajun Country, also known as Acadiana.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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Guanella Pass, a popular fall destination for leaf peepers, is a 24-mile scenic byway that climbs above the treeline near Georgetown, about 45 miles west of Denver.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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This feels like a shortcut to biscuits and gravy, but really has a delivery all its own with the cornmeal biscuits.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
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Frozen mac and cheese is a shortcut of a shortcut.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Byroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/byroad. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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