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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 In August 2025 in Los Angeles, an SUV on a freeway hit and killed Roberto Carlos Valdez, a Guatemalan immigrant fleeing from an ICE raid at a Home Depot. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026 Two big rigs crashed early Tuesday on Interstate 80 near Truckee, leaving debris across the Sierra Nevada freeway and forcing authorities to close the eastbound lanes for hours, according to the California Highway Patrol. — Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026 Last August, a Guatemalan man running from an immigration raid in Los Angeles died after being struck by an SUV on a freeway. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 Britney Spears is speaking out after being spotted hanging out of the sunroof of an SUV on a busy Los Angeles freeway. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for freeway

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Noun

As a result, industrial and off-highway vehicles represent one of the most significant and underappreciated opportunities in electrification today.

— Darren Tan, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
As cars and roads multiplied, accidents began to pile up; by the mid-sixties, there were more than fifty thousand fatal highway accidents per year.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of highway

Noun

What’s different this time is getting to the Diner, as both Santa Monica Blvd (which the Diner faces) and Sunset Blvd are seeing extended road work – some of it due to a water main that burst on July 16.

— Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Two Boston city councilors are pushing for a change in city law that would require Mayor Michelle Wu to report street projects annually as Wu faces criticism for stalling road work before a city employee was killed by a truck.

— Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of road

Noun

When completed, the roughly 15-mile expressway will link Highway 65 in western Placer County with state highways 70 and 99 in southern Sutter County.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Following the shooting, the northbound side of the expressway was closed from 147th Street just past the Tri-State Tollway all the way to 127th Street.

— Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Definition of expressway

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Standout among those streets is the neighbourhood of Shamibag in Dhaka, which is home to FIFA Goli (alley or lane in Bangla), which has been organised by Al Amin Hossain Robin.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Japanese festivals often serve as ways for deities to be brought into the streets for sacred or ritual purposes while also bringing communities together in celebration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Minus the dull thud of the boats gently colliding with the wooden posts they’re tied to, the normally busy thoroughfare is quiet.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 19 July 2026
Officials in La Grange are looking at how to improve one of the main thoroughfares in town.

— Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

Noun

Its terminals, including those at KFIP, have provided the world’s largest crude exporter with a vital alternative route while helping sustain global supplies and limiting the rise in oil prices.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Employers staggered work schedules, commuters mapped alternate routes and many residents avoided the city altogether.

— Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of route

Noun

Cal Fire officials said night-flying helicopters attacked spot fires overnight while bulldozers cut a fire line along a ridge east of Sand Creek Road after flames crossed the roadway.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026
Shaking from a quake could damage wharves, piers, buildings and roadway above the seawall.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of roadway

Noun

The 51-year-old woman, who was hospitalized, collided with the woman’s vehicle after fleeing an earlier hit-and-run crash just minutes before at Elk Grove and Franklin boulevards, according to the Elk Grove Police Department.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
On the boulevard itself, parking spots were filling up as drivers hurtled down the busy roadway.

— Hanna Kang, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2026

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