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
Arizona residents and travelers should expect delays and plan around closures for freeway improvement projects happening in the Phoenix area March 13-16, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
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Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Last August, in Los Angeles County, when agents appeared near a Home Depot in Monrovia, a day laborer fled on foot into the freeway and was struck and killed by a car.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
With his truck safely pulled off the road, Rivera showed off a tattoo on his arm with his company name and a freeway.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
The interchange, which will connect Whitelock Parkway in south Elk Grove with the freeway, is intended to relieve traffic congestion as the city grows, according to a staff report presented at a City Council meeting Wednesday.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
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Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Last August, in Los Angeles County, when agents appeared near a Home Depot in Monrovia, a day laborer fled on foot into the freeway and was struck and killed by a car.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
With his truck safely pulled off the road, Rivera showed off a tattoo on his arm with his company name and a freeway.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
The interchange, which will connect Whitelock Parkway in south Elk Grove with the freeway, is intended to relieve traffic congestion as the city grows, according to a staff report presented at a City Council meeting Wednesday.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeway
Noun
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In San Diego County alone, his namesakes include a park, a highway, a recreation center and multiple schools.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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The truck came with a set of P 275/65/18 all-season highway tires that rode nicely and helped the truck achieve pretty decent fuel economy (for a truck with a very thirsty reputation) and a range of over 500 miles.—
Bryan Rogala,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Chancellor Gordon Brown reacted by cutting duty on ultra-low sulphur petrol, freezing duty on other grades of motor fuel, putting more vehicles into the lowest vehicle excise duty band — a tax cut for most lorries — and taxing foreign truckers using British roads.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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The road is closed from exit 1A to I-35 North in Overland Park.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2026
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In October, the California Transportation Commission voted to approve $14 million in additional funding to expand a two-lane expressway to a four-lane expressway in Fresno County.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Magen David Adom, Israel's rescue service, released video showing a large crater in a street and shrapnel damage to an apartment building.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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At the spring 2026 collections last September and October, runway fantasies like bows and face paint seeped right off the runways and into the streets.—
Irene Kim,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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The architecture of Pride Cleaners stands in stark contrast to Chatham’s bungalows and courtyard apartments and the classical revival ornamentation of 79th Street’s commercial thoroughfare.—
Elizabeth Blasius,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The triptych is along the wall in a main thoroughfare of the museum facing the floor-to-ceiling windows that form part of the building’s bridge over Wilshire Boulevard.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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This time, disruptions to shipping routes are interrupting those flows and that reduces the amount of money flowing back into financial markets, removing a key source of cash flows, the bank noted.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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People should consider alternate routes and expect delays.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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That plan describes a roadway overmatched by the Treasure Valley’s western spread — what was essentially a rural highway to market now swallowed by cities.—
Mark Dee
March 17,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Drivers were asked to avoid South Watt Avenue and Jackson Road, with roadways in the area expected to remain closed for several hours as authorities investigated at the scene.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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After a four-year break, K-pop supergroup BTS returns Saturday with a massive, free comeback concert in Seoul, where thousands of police are locking down a central boulevard for the Netflix-exclusive spectacle expected to draw tens of thousands of fans.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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On social media, some Latinos have been calling for the many murals of Chavez to be painted over, and for schools and boulevards bearing his name to be renamed after Huerta.—
Adrian Florido,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeway. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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