freeway

noun

ˈfrē-ˌwā How to pronounce freeway (audio)
Definition of freewaynext
as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time

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Recent Examples of freeway The play begins in a non-intimate mode, with Ru stranded on the shoulder of the freeway waiting for AAA. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 On July 12, a 27-year-old motorist was fatally injured in a single-vehicle car crash on a Clairemont-area freeway onramp. — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026 Despite having only four cylinders, the TurboMax produces V8-like torque, making the Canyon feel eager pulling away from traffic lights or merging onto freeways. — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The board decides on major, multi-billion dollar rail projects, determines bus routes and frequencies, freeway improvement projects and bike-share and has an annual budget of almost $10 billion. — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for freeway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeway
  1. highway
  2. road
  3. expressway
  4. street
  5. thoroughfare
  6. route
  7. roadway
  8. boulevard
Noun
  • Large cracks appeared on major roads, including an elevated highway, and a goods train derailed, according to NHK, while rail ‌services were halted and flights grounded.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • While the advanced driving settings on the highway felt unpredictable and inconsistent, the interior tech on the massive 56-inch Hyperscreen touchscreen was reliably, well, visible.
    — Sasha Lekach, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of highway
Noun
  • What’s different this time is getting to the Diner, as both Santa Monica Blvd (which the Diner faces) and Sunset Blvd are seeing extended road work – some of it due to a water main that burst on July 16.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Two Boston city councilors are pushing for a change in city law that would require Mayor Michelle Wu to report street projects annually as Wu faces criticism for stalling road work before a city employee was killed by a truck.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of road
Noun
  • When completed, the roughly 15-mile expressway will link Highway 65 in western Placer County with state highways 70 and 99 in southern Sutter County.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • Following the shooting, the northbound side of the expressway was closed from 147th Street just past the Tri-State Tollway all the way to 127th Street.
    — Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of expressway
Noun
  • The picture will brighten considerably if one of those players, Macario, who wore street clothes, can make it back this season and show the form that earned her the largest contract in NWSL history.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
  • That evening, midnight-shift officers spotted the animal trotting on a residential street in the area and slowly pursued it in a patrol vehicle, some of which was shown in a short video clip the police department posted on social media Friday.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
Definition of street
Noun
  • This new thoroughfare created an easy and direct route to reach the park by car that avoided steep mountain roads, according to park history.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • Authorities partially closed a major thoroughfare in Alexandria on Monday after a hazardous-materials incident left a white, powderlike substance scattered across the road, officials said.
    — Liam Bowman, Washington Post, 20 July 2026
Definition of thoroughfare
Noun
  • Charlotteans illegally dump about 10 tons of trash every single day — much of it large, bulky items — and the city has to divert garbage crews from normal routes to collect it.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
  • McCabe said that one of the goals is to minimize impacts on homeowners and businesses that are along the route.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Definition of route
Noun
  • Cal Fire officials said night-flying helicopters attacked spot fires overnight while bulldozers cut a fire line along a ridge east of Sand Creek Road after flames crossed the roadway.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026
  • Shaking from a quake could damage wharves, piers, buildings and roadway above the seawall.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of roadway
Noun
  • The 51-year-old woman, who was hospitalized, collided with the woman’s vehicle after fleeing an earlier hit-and-run crash just minutes before at Elk Grove and Franklin boulevards, according to the Elk Grove Police Department.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
  • On the boulevard itself, parking spots were filling up as drivers hurtled down the busy roadway.
    — Hanna Kang, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of boulevard

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