as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city
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Recent Examples of highway
The tour buses had to pull over and wait for the highway to be cleared.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
—Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
The bill also states that the Connecticut Department of Transportation will evaluate the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of one to three solar installations onto exiting highway sound barriers.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
The investigation began after several of the victims’ bodies were found on a remote highway next to the beach in 2010 and 2011.
—Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
—Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
The bill also states that the Connecticut Department of Transportation will evaluate the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of one to three solar installations onto exiting highway sound barriers.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
The investigation began after several of the victims’ bodies were found on a remote highway next to the beach in 2010 and 2011.
—Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highway
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
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In New Orleans, one of the earliest slammers was a jovial fellow named Damian Labeaud, who, starting in 2010, recruited passengers from the local community with the promise of insurance payouts, then took them hunting on the freeway for a truck.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Three of Rove’s future centers will be near freeway interchanges.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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On the streets of Saigon, there was widespread looting.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Four people were wounded after someone opened fire during a street takeover in the San Gabriel Valley, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Those include lots near Rivers Casino, near the expressway and a parking garage just past PNC Park.—
Chris Hoffman,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Board of Supervisors Chair Shanti Landon, who represents western Placer County, said the expressway is an investment in the region’s future.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Downtown Florence earned recognition as a Great American Main Street in 2023 thanks to its bustling thoroughfare, where visitors can attend a play at Florence Little Theatre, shop at local stores, and make dinner reservations at local restaurants.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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Trump has warned repeatedly that the US could strike power plants, bridges and other infrastructure in Iran if Tehran fails to make a deal or reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil thoroughfare.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
6 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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Székesfehérvár lacks Budapest’s grand boulevards and baroque extravagance, but the city is not without luster.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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An off-street bikeway will be added to the boulevard at sidewalk level.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Highway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highway. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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