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

Along with the crossing to Vung Tau, Vingroup is working on a metro line connecting Can Gio to Ho Chi Minh City and roads that will link to the city’s expressway network.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Video shows the single-engine plane careening into an overpass arching atop the expressway.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of expressway

Noun

The background street gets wildly warped from distortion, and anything outside of the center suffers some detail loss.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
Waves of water sloshed onto the streets of South Florida earlier this week, flooding cars and soaking feet.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Major traffic disruptions are anticipated along key thoroughfares, including Northwest 87th Avenue and Northwest 36th Street.

— Manuel Bojorquez, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
In the first nine months of 2026, the famed thoroughfare has welcomed 49 million people, impacted by the conflict in the Middle East and the social unrest in France.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

Noun

Beer says that the main transmission route of viruses of the Simbu serogroup are biting midges, which can rapidly spread infections, especially in the summer and autumn.

— Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
Along most of its route, the water dropped just one meter in elevation per kilometer.

— Michele Chabin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of route

Noun

Video recorded by people inside their cars captured the terrifying moment the aircraft plunged from the sky, before striking near the roadway and exploding.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
These include vehicles stopped in curves, vehicles positioned across multiple lanes, and stationary vehicles sitting at unusual angles, such as those encountered near an earlier roadway incident.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of roadway

Noun

It is assigned to Fire Station 85, the district’s administrative and emergency response headquarters, at the intersection of Wilson and El Dorado Hills boulevards.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
South Floridians of a certain vintage — those familiar with Las Olas pre-pandemic, anyway — may remember Mangos, the Floribbean locals lounge that lasted 25 years on the boulevard before closing in 2017.

— Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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