Thesaurus results for CAUSEWAY

causeway

noun

Definition of causeway

as in highway

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Recent Examples of causeway Grab lunch here and then head over the causeway and enjoy it in the shade of Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens. — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2026 Currently, access to the property is limited to a two-lane causeway that also serves as the road connecting the Harbor View neighborhood to the rest of Norwalk. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026 Construction vehicles could be seen working on the causeway in images taken by Vantor, a satellite imaging company. — Marc Santora, New York Times, 4 July 2026 Bike ride along the Stowe bike path, the Colchester causeway, or along the waterfront in South Burlington. — Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for causeway

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Noun

It’s been used to raise funds for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, a Minnesota woman caught using a racist slur on camera and to support Canadian truckers who blocked highways in protest of Covid restrictions.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
This section of the two-lane road has been carved directly into the red-quartzite cliffs of the Uncompahgre Gorge, and almost none of it has a shoulder; in some places, the highway is only twenty-three feet wide.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of highway

Noun

Bikes are not allowed to on freeways or expressways, and cyclists cannot pass through tolls unless the signs nearby dictate otherwise.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
The driver is also alleged to have made a U-turn from a through lane after exiting the expressway, according to the affidavit.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of expressway

Noun

Multiple fans told the Miami Herald that Google Maps and Waze continued routing them toward closed roads/turnpike exits or the apps would fail to even generate a route to Miami Stadium.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026
Rubbernecking delays were also an issue on the other side of the turnpike, where a second crash happened nearby.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 25 June 2026

Definition of turnpike

Noun

The massive project funded from 13 federal, state and local agencies, gives a glimpse of what’s to come for Long Beach thoroughfares.

— Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Comella paid his fare at Canal Street — the driver would go no farther — and walked south on west Broadway, a thoroughfare of million-dollar lofts, to a point three blocks from the Trade Center.

— Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

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