as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city
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Recent Examples of expressway
This includes multilane expressways where cars speed alongside, and in some cases above, the water.
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Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Existing storage facilities within Beijing’s Sixth Ring Road—an encircling expressway about 15 to 20 miles from the city center—are limited to storing a maximum of three drones or 10 core components while also being required to undergo police inspections.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Steel, concrete, traffic jams, and expressways occupy the greens where some of Miami’s earliest golfers played.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Video from the scene shows a semi truck jackknifed into a barrier on the expressway.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Existing storage facilities within Beijing’s Sixth Ring Road—an encircling expressway about 15 to 20 miles from the city center—are limited to storing a maximum of three drones or 10 core components while also being required to undergo police inspections.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Steel, concrete, traffic jams, and expressways occupy the greens where some of Miami’s earliest golfers played.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Video from the scene shows a semi truck jackknifed into a barrier on the expressway.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressway
Noun
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Williams happened to be passing by as the young dancer was pushing her car down the highway with a friend, and Williams along with his manager stopped to help and was quickly charmed.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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The backstory South America’s largest city sprawls as far as the eye can see with towers and highways, which explains how this part of town (not the most central) has become a hub for meetings.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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That stands in contrast to I-580, farther north, where a ban on large trucks has been in place since before the freeway was even built.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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The space is colorful, playful and surprisingly quiet considering the adjacency to the freeway and Broadway.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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Following that road—with as much patience as your faith allows—does.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The backstory There's not a single traffic light on the island, only one school for kindergarten through 12th grade, and 30 miles of paved roads—many lined with towering Cook Pine trees (resembling tall Christmas trees).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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The second was that rail lines be banned from the thoroughfare.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Thousands of marchers flooded the thoroughfares of Venice to protest the presence of Israel at the Venice Biennale, with many national pavilions shuttering in solidarity.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 May 2026
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Under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, police officers conducted street searches of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers each year, the vast majority of whom were Black or Latino and had not committed a crime.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The surrounding community of Princeville is low key, with a few other hotels including a Westin and a Wyndham, and residential streets lined with homes and vacation rentals.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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The mourners started arriving hours early — veterans in uniform, strangers clutching American flags, police officers lining the route — all for a Massachusetts World War II Navy veteran many feared would be buried alone.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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Accessibility The hotel entrance is connected to accessible guest rooms via an accessible route with elevators.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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The man had exited an ambulance that stopped to provide further treatment on the northbound carriageway between Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon while taking him to the hospital.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
2 Dec. 2025
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Photographs have shown large potholes on certain stretches and, at the scene, The Athletic was told that parts of the carriageway were so badly affected that ambulance drivers preferred to use only the fast (left) lane rather than crossing from one side to the other.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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One of the trucks was carrying steel coils, which police said spilled onto the roadway.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
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“Expressway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressway. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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