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 Ridesharing service Uber must pay $40 million to the family of a woman killed after a driver ordered her out of the car on the freeway. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Normandin-Parker later entered the freeway and was struck and killed by a vehicle. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 The tanker overturned and began leaking fuel onto the freeway. — Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026 CyberGuy recently reported how Waymo recalled robotaxis over a construction-zone risk after vehicles entered closed freeway construction areas. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for freeway

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Noun

The Floriston Fire near Truckee reached 75% containment Monday morning with no additional growth expected, according to authorities, but westbound Interstate 80 remained restricted as firefighters continued working along the highway.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The order directs the Department of Water Resources to stage flood-fighting supplies such as sandbags and pumps, while Caltrans prepares traffic-control and snow-removal equipment along vulnerable highways.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of highway

Noun

Sophia Wilson tallied a goal and two assists in her 100th NWSL regular-season appearance, leading the Thorns (12-7-6) to a decisive road win over Orlando that snapped a three-match winless streak.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Isolated outback station From the air, Oak Park Station is a dot on a vast, mostly barren landscape scattered with trees, low-lying vegetation and long lines of roads and fences,around 150 miles north of Adelaide.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of road

Noun

Bikes are not allowed to on freeways or expressways, and cyclists cannot pass through tolls unless the signs nearby dictate otherwise.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
The driver is also alleged to have made a U-turn from a through lane after exiting the expressway, according to the affidavit.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of expressway

Noun

On Thursday, demonstrators, mostly women, in the Ekurhuleni district where the bodies were found, marched in the streets, donning black.

— Rael Ombuor The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
AmaWaterways brings guests front row to an exclusive jazz performance in the streets here, where the acoustics haven’t changed in 400 years.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Comella paid his fare at Canal Street — the driver would go no farther — and walked south on west Broadway, a thoroughfare of million-dollar lofts, to a point three blocks from the Trade Center.

— Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
On the busy thoroughfare of Rosecrans Avenue, offices are seeing an influx of white-collar service firms full of lawyers, accountants and bankers.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

Noun

Dependency has overtaken intrusion as the most common route to an outage.

— Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The situation can be extra frustrating in 2026, as most carriers have significantly raised the cost of checking luggage on domestic and short-haul international routes to an average of $45 for the first bag.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of route

Noun

According to the investigation, the shooting began as a road-rage dispute between the garbage truck driver, who was performing his normal route, and occupants of a white box truck that was blocking the roadway, the release stated.

— Keily Alfonzo, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
The city has a $66 million funding gap to address problems with its 8,600 miles of streets and roadways, according to a report from city staff.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of roadway

Noun

There were beautiful boulevards, sweeping bridges over the Moskva River, wide Stalin-era avenues lined with imposing granite buildings, and quiet nineteenth-century neighborhoods of pastel-colored mansions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
The developers have sought an exception to rules around how much parking can front a nearby boulevard, and will be expected to provide extra landscaping and screening to buffer the parking from nearby properties.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

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