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
As the New Year is announced, the video shows two large assault rifles lying on the hood of a car then a man in a black hoodie shooting several rounds off the side of the highway to the ground below.
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Timia Cobb
breaking News Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
It’s rated for 19 mpg in the city and 25 on the highway.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 29 Jan. 2026
With no lungs, the highway hits a dead end.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
Interstates 55 and 22 were closed in northern Mississippi as emergency crews with tow trucks and snowplows continued to work Thursday toward reopening the major highways.
—Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
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Timia Cobb
breaking News Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
It’s rated for 19 mpg in the city and 25 on the highway.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 29 Jan. 2026
With no lungs, the highway hits a dead end.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
Interstates 55 and 22 were closed in northern Mississippi as emergency crews with tow trucks and snowplows continued to work Thursday toward reopening the major highways.
—Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highway
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Surrounded by vast desert, the long and windy road that leads to Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills is dotted with prickly cacti and attractive houses.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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This combination of road salt and brine helps to prevent the snow and ice from bonding to the pavement, keeping roads from getting too slick and causing car accidents.—
Molly Burford,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
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One driver learned the hard way that even a freeway that's been plowed can still have icy, slick spots to cause out-of-control spins.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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International artists from Amsterdam, Nepal and Australia paint alongside locals, transforming concrete facades into an open-air gallery visible from the freeway.—
Audrey T. Williams,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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An app on her phone showed the brothers’ locations in the same place — down to the cross street — as the reported shooting.—
Sophia Peyser,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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To celebrate the event, the pair took part in a cutting demonstration in the middle of the street.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
1 Feb. 2026
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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,
26 Jan. 2026
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Mareno’s motorcycle then spun across three lanes, striking an unoccupied 2017 Infinite Q50 stopped on the shoulder of the expressway, cops said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Since then, TxDOT has continually sent fleets of trucks to plow main thoroughfares like Central Expressway in Richardson on Monday night and Highway 287 in Decatur earlier in the day.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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At night, De Quincey would wander up and down Oxford Street, a major East–West thoroughfare.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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In logistics, agentic RAG can analyze shipment delays and automatically reschedule routes.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan called a play-action pass from under center with a deep route to occupy the safeties and an in-breaking route through the intermediate area of the field.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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In Eastport on Monday, neighbors took advantage of sunny weather to break up chunks of ice left in the roadway.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Law enforcement tracked him down after he was spotted on a roadway.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
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The overall scale and architecture of the resort—vast public areas, wide corridors, and internal boulevards—help with navigation for wheelchair users.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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Noir laid her easel and 4-by-5-foot linen canvas against a boulevard tree and started painting a portrait of Good wearing the strapless red dress from her maternity photoshoot, her blonde hair blowing in the wind.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Highway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highway. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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