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 stretch of freeway is typically used by over 80,000 people every day, according to the agency.
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Alex Stone, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
Find out what freeway closures to look out for.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Motorists who were driving on the freeway as the helicopter crashed left their cars and helped authorities pull the victims from the crash site.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The freeway is expected to be closed for an extended period of time, said Harper, the highway patrol spokesman.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
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Alex Stone, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
Find out what freeway closures to look out for.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Motorists who were driving on the freeway as the helicopter crashed left their cars and helped authorities pull the victims from the crash site.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The freeway is expected to be closed for an extended period of time, said Harper, the highway patrol spokesman.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeway
Noun
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Future of eVTOLs In the longer term, Goldstein sees a future where eVTOLs are ubiquitous in the skies above American cities, flying in designated, but invisible, sky highways to ensure safety.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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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,
25 Oct. 2025
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For the filmmakers working in the region over the past two years, it’s been a long, arduous road to reach audiences, as the war impacted their physical productions and made potential distributors wary of facing political backlash for releasing their films.—
Rebecca Keegan,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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Gripen fighters have the reputation of being relatively cheap and easy to maintain and arm, and able to operate in austere conditions – using roads or even dirt roads for runways.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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On Saturday night over a week ago, a group of protesters blocked a nearby expressway.—
Natasha Korecki,
NBC news,
13 Oct. 2025
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On the morning of Islam’s funeral, the streets of Parkchester, a neighborhood of brick row houses and big-box stores, were blocked off on both sides of the expressway.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Johnson led officers on a chase through city streets before crashing at Seventh and Barton streets, the release says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2025
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This is the fifth year of the campaign effort to petition Detroit’s city council to honor Mudge by naming a street after him.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Violette_FR’s new London home has large windows and a separate entrance facing Carnaby Street, the historic shopping thoroughfare that’s crowded with locals and tourists alike.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
26 Oct. 2025
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Macy’s chose China Grove for the facility due to its position in the Southeast near major thoroughfares, enabling faster, more efficient service to millions of customers.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Oct. 2025
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Diagonal passes to onrushing full-backs has proven to be another effective route around the high defensive line, as Inter targeted Denzel Dumfries with 14 long balls out to his flank across the two-legged Champions League semi-final tie with Barcelona last season.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The patient who was being taken to the hospital was placed in another rescue vehicle, which continued the route.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Jefferson was driving a 2018 Toyota Camry heading north on Arkansas 53 when the vehicle went off the roadway and collided with a tree, the report says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2025
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The force of the crash pushed the SUV off of the roadway where, minutes later, first responders found the driver unresponsive.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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America’s hometown has open arms for all things Mexican food, with choices up and down the main boulevards.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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His civic service helped lay the groundwork for a parks and boulevards system that remains a defining feature of Kansas City’s identity.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeway. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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