Thesaurus results for FREEWAY

freeway

noun

ˈfrē-ˌwā

Definition of freeway

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 TeamLab building will be visible from the freeway, and is being designed by Smith-Clementi, OCVibe’s master planners. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Officials closed the freeway in both directions due to the potential risk of hazardous chemical smoke. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Rui Hachimura had 16 points and six rebounds in his first trip back up the I-110 freeway to face the Lakers, his team for the previous 3 1/2 seasons. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 More important than the figures themselves is the engine’s broad, effortless power delivery, which makes the Carrera T feel eager whether carving through a mountain road or dispatching a stretch of freeway. — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for freeway

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Noun

Bundy was stopped by the highway patrol in Salt Lake City town in 1975 — leading to that 1976 conviction — and his vehicle was seized.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026
The Utah Navajo Health System posted several active highway closures, with detours.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of highway

Noun

The tortuous road to the flat-out Democratic victory ran through a number of key milestones.

— James D. Zirin, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Lucianie Vil Ma Rouge, Thiotte, southeastern Haiti Lucianie Vil, 70, is a Madan Sara, one of the women traders who travel Haiti’s roads and markets to support their families and feed their communities.

— Lys Arango, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of road

Noun

Police attempted a traffic stop on the car, but the driver refused to stop and merged onto the I-94 expressway from Lake Avenue, per police.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
Rice was driving a Lamborghini on an expressway and was clocked at 119 mph when the car hit the center median wall and caused four other cars to collide with each other.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of expressway

Noun

Authorities have closed most streets in the area and are urging the public to avoid the one-mile radius around the facility until further notice.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2026
The victims of this horrific crash included street vendors who were simply trying to earn a living when tragedy struck.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Take the two-story, nearly 1,075-square-foot flagship on Paris’ Rue Saint-Honoré — the city’s central perfume-shopping thoroughfare — that opened in June.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026
The museum occupies the historic Shamash Jewish School, founded in 1928 on Al-Rashid Street, a prominent thoroughfare in Baghdad.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

Noun

Authorities at the residence spotted the Chevrolet in the area and laid a spike strip across a roadway in anticipation of a second pursuit, which the vehicle later struck, officials said.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
If possible, immediately move the vehicle to a safe location, out of the roadway, and wait for help to arrive.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of roadway

Noun

Moroccan flags fluttered in schoolchildren’s hands, portraits of King Mohammed VI overlooked roundabouts and public squares, and the national coat of arms adorned major boulevards.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
Imagine being on a highway with a 65-mph limit, but having the device register the car on an adjacent surface boulevard with a 35-mph max.

— Byron Hurd, The Drive, 6 Nov. 2026

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