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
One of them, Carlos Roberto Montoya Valdéz, ran across the nearby freeway in a desperate attempt to escape.
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Adrian Florido, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
The Sepulveda Basin, at the intersection of the San Diego (405) and Ventura (101) freeways, is a rest area for thousands of birds migrating up and down the state and onto Mexico and Latin America at times.
—Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Travelers should expect local street congestion near 17th, 9th, 10th, 5th, and 4th Streets, as well as delays on freeway approaches into downtown San Francisco.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
She’s been in at least 12 counties and has possibly covered more than 1,000 miles in her lifetime — crossing dangerous freeways multiple times, Hunnicutt said.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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Adrian Florido, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
The Sepulveda Basin, at the intersection of the San Diego (405) and Ventura (101) freeways, is a rest area for thousands of birds migrating up and down the state and onto Mexico and Latin America at times.
—Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Travelers should expect local street congestion near 17th, 9th, 10th, 5th, and 4th Streets, as well as delays on freeway approaches into downtown San Francisco.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
She’s been in at least 12 counties and has possibly covered more than 1,000 miles in her lifetime — crossing dangerous freeways multiple times, Hunnicutt said.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeway
Noun
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Drivers heading back to their villages along coastal highways cheered each other, flashed victory signs and exchanged blessings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Mingo Junction, a village a few miles down the highway, was recently used as the backdrop for a low-budget zombie movie.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit Officials are urging people attending the draft and going to Pittsburgh to use public transit with major road closures and traffic restrictions that will be in place throughout the three-day event.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Anaheim has an 18-20-2 record in road games and a 42-33-6 record overall.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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,
20 Apr. 2026
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Neukgu was finally found and tranquilized on a hill near an expressway early Friday, after an hours-long search involving drones, police and emergency workers and veterinarians, according to city and zoo officials.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Quié kept getting up, sitting down, calling out to people in the street, checking on the kitchen, and whipping out his phone to film promotional videos.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Parking on streets on the parade path will be impacted.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
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Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the attacks Thursday hit near the town’s industrial zone and outside a supermarket along Nabih Berri Avenue, a main thoroughfare lined with shops and residential buildings.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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The 44-year-old father from Honduras felt like his head was on a swivel, greeting the handful of shoppers that approached while also scanning the busy thoroughfare behind him.—
Wendi C. Thomas,
ProPublica,
15 Apr. 2026
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The poor design of that route was a key factor in the crash along with air traffic controllers relying too much on pilots seeing and avoiding other aircraft.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Tennessee used him frequently on deep crossers and vertical routes, where his stride length and tracking ability popped.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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The company points to advanced monitoring technology, including a fleet of gas‑sniffing vehicles that survey pipelines from roadways.—
Lexi Salazar,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Several callers told dispatchers that a motorcycle and a vehicle collided, throwing the motorcyclist from the bike and into the roadway, police said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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Today, fountains can be found across KC’s courtyards, plazas and boulevards in all shapes and sizes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
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Extending the boulevard toward West Summit Avenue would give residents a new way to travel, which could lessen traffic in the congested area where I-77 connects with I-277, Woliansky said.—
Desiree Mathurin
April 15,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeway. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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