Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for byways
Noun
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Mexico's president said cartel roadblocks had been cleared from Mexico's highways and that flights would resume in a few days.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026 -
Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That five-year project between El Toro Road and State Route 73 added new lanes in each direction between Avery and Alicia parkways and a second carpool lane from Alicia Parkway to El Toro Road.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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All Southbound lanes of Junipero Serra are closed to all traffic due to the Light Pole blocking all lane.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Residents in Brazil's Minas Gerais state faced shuttered roads and shops and streets under water on Thursday following more heavy rain overnight as the death toll from recent floods and landslides reached 53, authorities said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Cartel members burned cars and blocked roads in nearly a dozen Mexican states and authorities report that at least 70 people have died.—
Carlos Rodriguez,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The chamber estimated that more than 100,000 spectators crowded the streets to celebrate the Year of the Horse.—
Staff report,
Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Closer to the lobby is the quaint Minsheng district, a leafy and walkable grid of low-slung streets filled with mom-and-pop shops, neighborhood shrines, and increasingly, indie cafes and design studios.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Many families, seeking a way to support themselves in the new country, opened food stalls on major thoroughfares—thus, Taiwan’s modern food scene was born.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Feb. 2026
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The home will be far enough away from main roads to be isolated from traffic, yet close enough to these thoroughfares to be convenient.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Authorities carved paths through the deep snow to eventually continue the search, and California Highway Patrol officers found the ninth victim.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Instead, Jones wrote an historical novel set in the 1950s and ‘60s about lifelong friends Annie and Vernice, two motherless girls born in small-town Louisiana who take different paths in life to fill the void left behind by the absence of a mother’s love.—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Snow removal crews and equipment from Vermont and New York have arrived in the Bay State to assist with snow removal operations on municipal roadways.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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The gunfire appeared to have originated from two groups of people who began shooting at each other near Grand and Euclid avenues, authorities said, leaving dozens of shell casings on the ground and sending hundreds of people scrambling for safety.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Miami’s roster is full of holes at all but three positions — tailback, defensive tackle and inside linebacker — and the Dolphins have a little more than $3 million in cap space to work with, and there are very few avenues to create more.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Byways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/byways. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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