as in highways
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city
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Recent Examples of expressways
Intelligent highway, city, and parking capabilities At the core of this technology is High-speed Navigation Cruise Assist, which allows the SUV to easily handle national highways, urban expressways, and ring roads.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
The signals are designed to improve traffic flow on congested expressways.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
The signals are designed to improve traffic flow on congested expressways.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressways
Noun
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Oct. 2025
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Ravines act like fast-moving highways, delivering soil either into the Mississippi River and then the lake, or directly into the lake itself, according to the alliance.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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All that new housing, those high-speed train lines, the new terminals in all major cities, the freeways, and the power lines were cleared by government decree using China’s version of eminent domain.—
Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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Weekend travelers, beware of improvement projects scheduled along Phoenix-area freeways in addition to the Arizona Cardinals football matchup against the Tennessee Titans at State Farm Stadium.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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How to Get There Visitors arriving by car will find the village conveniently located near major thoroughfares such as I-287 and the Saw Mill River Parkway.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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Taylor Swift recounts driving on Nashville thoroughfares during her high school days with a good friend.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Blue city streets erupt as 100-plus rioters turn drag race into all-out war on cops.—
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FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Mainstream rap nowadays is suffocating from meaningless rivalries, subliminal shots for stans to decode and misinterpret, and redundant talk of who’s really in the streets and who’s snitching.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Google Maps provides a dense but intuitive layout, giving users access to multiple layers of information, including traffic, satellite imagery and public transit routes.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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These routes could cut current two-hour drives between cities to under 30 minutes by air.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Oct. 2025
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The burden of infrastructure — more water taps, sewage lines, and roadways — has not been figured into the densification projection (check out the traffic on Wadsworth Boulevard now).—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
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The Pencil of Nature included photographs of Paris boulevards.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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As the demonstrators blocked busy roads, about 25 people were detained by police for setting fires on Brussels’ populated boulevards, according to Reuters.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Expressways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressways. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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