highway

noun

ˈhī-ˌwā How to pronounce highway (audio)
Definition of highwaynext
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 Video captured in June showed Russian soldiers scrambling to respond to one attack by firing off man portable air defense systems (MANPADS) on a busy highway. — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026 The Ford failed to turn at a curve in the road and ran off the highway to the right. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026 Directly after the highway's exit, we were greeted by long stretches of farms and rolling hills. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026 The UConn Health center is close by as are highways to Hartford and beyond. — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for highway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for highway
  1. road
  2. freeway
  3. street
  4. expressway
  5. thoroughfare
  6. route
  7. roadway
  8. boulevard
Noun
  • Heavy deposits could collapse roofs, contaminate water, damage machinery, bury crops, disrupt power networks, and make roads difficult to use.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Torrential downpours routinely inundate roads and railway lines, disrupt air and rail traffic.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of road
Noun
  • The driver exited the freeway near Sherman Oaks before entering a mall parking garage.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Cobb County drivers experienced four long lasting, multilane freeway incidents in the same morning.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of freeway
Noun
  • Petit Ermitage is an intimate boutique hotel on a quiet residential street in West Hollywood.
    — Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • And when interstates back up, the adjacent surface streets do, too.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of street
Noun
  • This project took the elevated section of Interstate 93, a six-lane highway completed in 1959 that ran through central Boston, and turned it into an underground expressway.
    — Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The firm noted that major bridges like the Donghai Bridge and the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, as well as regional expressways, have reopened with standard speed limits restored.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of expressway
Noun
  • For example, in the San Fernando Valley, a person could leave the car at home when in walking proximity to bus lines on major thoroughfares, such as Line 165 on Vanowen Street that connects Burbank to West Hills.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Much of the action centers on Warren Street, a lively main thoroughfare lined with independent boutiques, art galleries, vintage shops, bookstores, cafés, and farm-to-table eateries.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of thoroughfare
Noun
  • The other four switched off their tracking transponders to avoid detection so their route is unknown.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Quarterback Tommy DeVito looked to him on a go route on the very next play, but Williams didn’t cut back inside for the ball, which appeared to frustrate Vrabel on the sideline.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of route
Noun
  • Bicycle advocates are calling for immediate changes to local roads and bike infrastructure after 10 bicyclists have been killed on Sacramento-area roadways so far this year.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Prior to his car going off the roadway, investigators have not ruled out the possibility that Howard suffered a medical episode, according to the release.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of roadway
Noun
  • The following day, several reports came in from Roseville residents who spotted a bear near Foothills Boulevard between Blue Oaks and Pleasant Grove boulevards.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Broadway, the neighborhood’s grand boulevard, was lined with beauty salons, dry cleaners, shoe-repair stalls, and single-room-occupancy hotels.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of boulevard

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