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
About 45 minutes later, an off-duty police officer spotted the teen riding the moped on the Belt Parkway, then trying to get rid of it on the highway, Stern said.
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John Annese,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
People traveling throughout Connecticut can see these corridors near highway ramps, medians and along roadside shoulders.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
For example, long-distance highway and bumper-to-bumper urban traffic driving.
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Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
There are 16 border facilities located on the major highways entering the state.
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Lizzie Kane,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for highway
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
People traveling throughout Connecticut can see these corridors near highway ramps, medians and along roadside shoulders.
—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
For example, long-distance highway and bumper-to-bumper urban traffic driving.
—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
There are 16 border facilities located on the major highways entering the state.
—
Lizzie Kane,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for highway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for highway
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Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.
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Entire buildings and roads were submerged in Accra on Monday, cutting off access to several areas of the Ghanian capital and in the neighboring city of Tema.
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District Attorney Nathan Hochman said 33 vehicles safely drove past the area before Bickham sped down the freeway.
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Costco opted to open a gas station only in a shopping center that hugs the 5 freeway at Oso Parkway.
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The exhibit opens Thursday afternoon across the street from a Revolutionary War battlefield linked to the cannons.
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The protest’s matriarch Unlike most of Albania’s protests in over three decades of democracy, the young people on the streets this time are joined by an increasing number of retirees.
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About two thirds is south of Interstate 595 and one third north of the expressway.
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The alert triggered temporary closures along a major highway, the Décarie expressway, as well as a temporary shutdown of significant sections of two subway lines.
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Foot traffic has slowed to a trickle, and the restaurant’s layout — with an almost entirely open wall that looks onto one of Boyle Height’s busiest thoroughfares — isn’t helping.
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Routinely vacuuming and doing quick sweeps with your wet mop can help tide you over until the kids are back in school or your house becomes a little less of a thoroughfare.
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The new proposal for the future of the global commercial shipping route was first reported by The New York Times, citing an Iranian official and four diplomats with knowledge of the matter.
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Reynolds was on her USPS route when the incident happened, Postal Inspector Jessica Adams told USA TODAY.
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The suspect’s vehicle entered a closed roadway on Interstate 20 at the 420 exit near Aledo and struck an 18-wheeler, the release states.
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Police said the tractor-trailer veered off the roadway and overturned.
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The incident began when Alnaji joined a rally on the corner of Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards in support of Palestinians, while Kessler had attended a counter protest in support of Israel, The Times reported.
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On June 20, a masked woman climbed over a wall separating the Israeli Embassy from one of Tirana’s main boulevards, removed the Israeli flag and ripped it apart as onlookers cheered.
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“Highway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highway. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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