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
Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Some sections of expressways were also closed, Kihara said.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
The ability to travel on interstate highways and expressways has been one of the missing puzzle pieces for self-driving technology since scientists began working on it decades ago, alongside such challenges as snowy weather and vandalism.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 12 Nov. 2025
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.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
The signals are designed to improve traffic flow on congested expressways.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Some sections of expressways were also closed, Kihara said.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
The ability to travel on interstate highways and expressways has been one of the missing puzzle pieces for self-driving technology since scientists began working on it decades ago, alongside such challenges as snowy weather and vandalism.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 12 Nov. 2025
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.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 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
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Most highways close to Baltimore were down to bare pavement Monday, but some Western Maryland roadways were still covered in snow.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Traveling by car along the highways that succeeded Route 66 still presents a deadly hazard — much more dangerous than need be.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The water flows along the Santa Ana River where the district has a series of lakes at the 91 and 55 freeways that are perculation basins.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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Thirty-two years ago, freeways fell, buildings flattened and local communities were reshaped forever by the earthquake.—
Jamie Yuccas,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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The spot is a few blocks west of the busy intersection of Nordahl and West Mission roads near state Route 78.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Bell said his crews cover about 75 miles of roads and alleyways.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Most Costcos are on major thoroughfares.—
Terri Daxon,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
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Crews will treat major and minor thoroughfares first, which are the roads with the most lanes and carry the highest volume of traffic.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2026
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Earlier Saturday in Minneapolis, a federal immigration officer shot and killed a man, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and ratcheting up tensions in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.—
Valerie Gonzalez,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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More than one thousand city workers are preparing to work around the clock to clear city streets once the snow starts to fall.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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City officials are urging people who do not need to park on city streets to move their cars, and to move them off of snow emergency routes.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Report quarterly ridership data specific to Farmers Branch, including trends at stations and on routes.—
Lilly Kersh,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Several crashes have been reported across North Texas Wednesday morning, as roadways remain icy and hazardous following a winter storm that swept through the region this past weekend.—
Briauna Brown,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Life is starting to get back to normal in the Memphis area after a winter storm dumped several inches of sleet and snow across the Mid-South, closing schools and businesses and icing over roadways.—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
28 Jan. 2026
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On Friday, January 9th, protesters across Mashhad returned to Vakilabad Highway, one of the main boulevards in the city, to confront security forces.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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An ambitious $150 million plan is underway to revitalize a 10-block stretch of Broad Street in Center City, aiming to elevate the Avenue of the Arts into a destination comparable to Chicago's Magnificent Mile, Paris' Champs-Élysées and other iconic urban boulevards.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Expressways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressways. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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