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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 Ridesharing service Uber must pay $40 million to the family of a woman killed after a driver ordered her out of the car on the freeway. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Normandin-Parker later entered the freeway and was struck and killed by a vehicle. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 The tanker overturned and began leaking fuel onto the freeway. — Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026 CyberGuy recently reported how Waymo recalled robotaxis over a construction-zone risk after vehicles entered closed freeway construction areas. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 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
  • The Floriston Fire near Truckee reached 75% containment Monday morning with no additional growth expected, according to authorities, but westbound Interstate 80 remained restricted as firefighters continued working along the highway.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The order directs the Department of Water Resources to stage flood-fighting supplies such as sandbags and pumps, while Caltrans prepares traffic-control and snow-removal equipment along vulnerable highways.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of highway
Noun
  • And neither Atlanta Public Schools nor Atlanta fire had answers for why buses and a firetruck were not told the road was blocked.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
  • And the road toward whatever the final destination is starts now.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of road
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
  • Watch Peter Rosenberg criticize Ye’s actions at the street renaming for the rapper’s mother below.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In Doral, businesses reported a 70% drop in sales due to empty streets because of immigration raids.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of street
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
Noun
  • Just be aware that the ship covers a lot of ground on some of these routes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Kohs and their friends believe schooling is a route to class ascension.
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of route
Noun
  • Parts of the Black Horse Pike are underwater in multiple places, resulting in the closure of the roadway.
    — Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The impact caused the Civic to strike construction barriers on the roadway.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of roadway
Noun
  • Visitors often still liken the city’s walkable streets and historic architecture to European boulevards.
    — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026
  • There were beautiful boulevards, sweeping bridges over the Moskva River, wide Stalin-era avenues lined with imposing granite buildings, and quiet nineteenth-century neighborhoods of pastel-colored mansions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of boulevard

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