byway

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Recent Examples of byway The stars, past and present, made the rounds on the Row, handlers and cameras in tow, each gaggle sweeping up curious civilians and clogging up the narrower byways. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 Travel north on the Million Dollar Highway, one of the most stunning byways in the country. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2025 In general, townships handle road maintenance for rural byways. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025 Elsewhere, a few narrative byways, presumably intended to make the world of the film feel bigger than just this story, end up being distractingly half-baked. Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for byway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for byway
Noun
  • Whether along highways or at the entrance of a theme park, lush greenery reinforces Florida’s reputation as a vacation destination.
    Tal Coley, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
  • Trains aren’t running, many planes are delayed or canceled and a stretch of highway is closed because of sinkholes that — who knows? — might lead to a better kind of hell.
    Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • While driving - Stick to the middle lanes and stay on elevated ground.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 17 May 2025
  • Investigators believe that someone in a GMC Sierra traveling in an adjacent lane ran over Gonzales and continued driving, police said.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The match concluded a wild road trip that saw Sporting play three road matches in eight days.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2025
  • The Antelope Slot Canyon Tours bus could be seen on one side of the road across from a totaled sedan on the same side of the road.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The two facilities take up a city block along St. Charles Avenue, the thoroughfare famous for its streetcars, Mardi Gras parades and Queen Anne mansions.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Investigation continues The Jet Set is one of the country’s most high-profile venues, close to the busy El Malecón thoroughfare in the heart of Santo Domingo.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And earlier this week, Italy enacted a law that removes the route to citizenship through great-grandparents.
    Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
  • The bus route that passed through it never returned.
    Meg Anderson, NPR, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • The path to infection The most common way people swimming inland get sick is by swallowing the water.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 23 May 2025
  • Aging is being redefined not as a linear path to decline, but as a modifiable, and in some ways reversible, biological process.
    Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • In recent months, at least 50 birds have died along a residential street in Richmond, a city on the east side of San Francisco Bay.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
  • Maybe they're just done pretending that corporate loyalty is a two-way street.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been investigating collisions involving Tesla's full self-driving (FSD) advanced driver assistance software in reduced roadway visibility conditions since October.
    Akash Sriram, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2025

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“Byway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/byway. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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